As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the 2021 International Day of Cooperatives, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, has called on the Nigerian Cooperative Movements to ‘work the talk’ by cooperating among themselves to achieve greater goals.
The Minister said the corporation should be geared towards developing and implementing strategies and projects that will lead to the rebuilding of the economy and social systems of citizens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other devastating factors.
Nanono in his speech to mark the International Day of Cooperatives, said Cooperatives have a unique identity of people-centred principles and concern for the community.
He said the theme of this year’s International Day of Cooperative celebration “Rebuilding Better Together” is very apt.
He, therefore, assured that the ministry through the Federal Department of Cooperatives will cooperate, collaborate and support Cooperative Movements and similar International organisations in achieving their set development objectives of advancing people’s livelihood and restoring their normal ways of life.
“I am pleased to report that Nigerian Cooperatives have contributed significantly to the economic development of the country knowing fully well the immense contribution of the World Cooperative Movement to the socio-economic development of the world,” he noted.
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