President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Food Security Council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The council during the meeting promised to step up operations in ensuring a secure environment, where efforts by states towards food security in Nigeria will yield the desired results.
In an achieving, this Vice Chairman of the Council and Governor of Kebbi state said that the council meetings will hold as often as possible which will also help deepen the gains of the last two and half years by providing more opportunities for farmers.
The President on March 16, 2018, approved the constitution of membership for the National Food Security Council, which involves the Ministers of Agriculture, Health, Water Resources, Information and Culture, as well as Industry, Trade and Investment.
Also National Security Adviser, Chief of Staff, Governors of Lagos, Kebbi, Ebonyi, Delta, and Plateau State.
The council is aimed at developing sustainable solutions to the farmers–herdsmen clashes, as well as climate change and desertification and their impact on farmland.
It will also address the issues of grazing areas and lakes, rivers and other water bodies; oil spillage and its impact on Niger Delta fishing communities; piracy and banditry; agricultural research institutions and extension services and the problem of smuggling.
The Presidency disclosed that the Council would also take interest in regional and global policies and trends that bear implications for food security in Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Food Security Council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The council which had in attendance the Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, Minister of Interior, Albdulrahman Dambazau, amongst other promised to step up operations in ensuring a secure environment, where efforts by states towards food security in Nigeria will yield the desired results.
It said out that, it would invest $200 million in its agriculture, while $150 million would go to the upgrade of the state’s social infrastructure.
The state’s Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asiwaju Idris, made this disclosure at the weekend in Abuja when it hosted investors at its agricultural summit, and where, the Governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, explained that his government was committed to the state’s agricultural sector.
He further stated: “We want the investors to believe that they can invest in our state and that if they invest in our state their fund is secured. Let them believe that there is security of lives and property.
“As a state we need the infrastructure that can help us grow because we don’t have the money but if you put the framework in place and people believe that your economy is good they will put their money and that is why we are telling them that Dangote did it and he is a billionaire today.”
Speaking on his government’s economic plan, Bello, explained agriculture was pivotal to it and he was making efforts to make the state take maximum benefits from the tonnage of cassava its produces every year in the country.
Represented by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Matthew Kolawole, the governor said Kogi has become the largest producer of cassava in Nigeria at the moment and would want to extend the cassava production chain beyond just cultivation.
“Agriculture is the main stay of the economy and the oil well of Kogi State. Making agriculture a business concern and not just farming for farming sake is one of the most important priorities of my government.
“The policy thrust of the administration on agriculture is to produce food and ensure food security for the people of the state, its neighboring states and Nigeria at large.
The policy thrust is strengthened with the launch of the Agricultural Rebirth Program that lays out the agricultural revolution plan for the state,” he stated.
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