The Impact Of The Capital Market On The Performance Of The Agricultural Sector

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Agricultural sector has been identified as one of the sectors that can help drive the Nigerian economy at this critical time that crude oil as a major source of revenue for the nation is falling at the international market. The present administration has reiterated that the nation must return to agriculture as it has become evident that oil and gas will no longer be sufficient as a major revenue driver for the economy (The Analyst, November, 2015). It is worth re-stating the fact that Nigeria’s golden years in agriculture was before the …