Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari begged the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, to join his government so that he can bring his wealth of experience.
Osinbajo made this remark on Monday at the Nigerian Initiative for Economic Development (NIED) held at the Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja.
The acting president, while unveiling the potentials in the Nigerian economy, said apart from power and other economic investment areas, there is huge investment potential in the Nigerian agricultural sector.
He, however, jocularly said Ogbeh was literally begged to join the government, adding that he was enjoying the wealth made from his agriculture investment.
“You heard the Minister of Agriculture talking about agriculture and the sad poem. By the way, I took the poem from him. This is a poem about how miserable it was at the time. Let me assure you that Chief Audu Ogbeh became very wealthy in the farming business.
“We literarily had to beg him to come into government because he seemed to be enjoying his wealth a little too much. But the truth of the matter is that the agric sector is a massive, massive sector.” he said.
