Nigeria, May 6 -- According to Nairametrics, out of the N44.54 trillion loans advanced by commercial banks to the private sector in 2023, only N2.26 trillion was deployed to the agricultural sector and thus amounts to a meagre 5.07 per cent to a sector that contributes over 20 per cent to GDP. That is why this article, the ninth in the series, is aimed at advising the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the necessary actions to increase the non-export volume to levels that match or even exceed those of crude oil and gas exports.

In this edition, the focus will be on the policies relating to increasing the volume of production of exportable agricultural commodities to boost the volume of Nigerian raw agricultural commodities a...