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A review has been made on former administration lead by
President Goodluck administration
One of the Sustainable policy, e-wallet system for
fertilizer allocation and distribution deployed by Goodluck Administration has been review by Buhari administration a
year after suspending it.
This was made known by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu
Ogbeh, after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, saying the policy
would however be modified to address the current economic challenges.
But the decision to restart the e-wallet fertilizer scheme represented
another economic policy reversal by the Buhari administration, which had
earlier dumped the initiative.
The e-wallet system was part of the Growth Enhancement Support scheme introduced
by former Goodluck Jonathan administration to address the menace of middlemen
in the fertiliser supply chain, which experts identified as a challenge for
farmers at the time.
The policy, seen as one of the few successes of the administration, ensured
the registration of about
4.2 million farmers within its first year. More than 10 million were said
to have been registered at the height of its implementation.
Akin Adesina, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 2010 and 2015,
when the scheme was initiated, said its success contributed to his elevation to
the African Development Bank where he is now the president.
The policy was however suspended by the Buhari government in 2015.
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