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Buhari IMinister of Agriculture & Food Security· November 2015 — May 2019

Chief Audu Ogbeh

Drove the Anchor Borrowers' Programme on the agricultural side. Former Communications Minister, 2nd Republic.

The record

Audu Ogbeh (1947–2024) had served as Minister of Communications and Steel under the Second Republic, and as PDP National Chairman from 2001 to 2005.

As Agriculture Minister he partnered with the CBN on the Anchor Borrowers' Programme, which by his exit had disbursed over ₦150bn to rice, maize and cotton smallholders.

Sources

  • Central Bank of Nigeria — Anchor Borrowers' Programme Annual Reports, 2016–2019
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.