Ogbeh spoke at a sensitisation programme organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) for the Nigerian Army in Abuja. The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on Monday urged officers and men of the Nigerian Army to join other Nigerians and invest in agriculture.Ogbeh spoke at a sensitisation programme organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) for the Nigerian Army in Abuja.“We are here to sentisise army officers and create awareness for them to see agriculture as a business and to strengthen the resolve of those in crops, aquaculture and animal husbandry.“Food security is an integral part of national security; that is why the army, whose mandate is to provide national security, cannot afford to avoid attending to food security.“Active participation of the army can never be seen as an incursion into an unfamiliar ground but a step in the direction that agrees in principle with one of its core mandate, which is ensuring peace.
