In response to the escalating costs of food items in Nigeria, Mr. Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has called for patience and understanding regarding President Bola Tinubu’s strategies for food security.
Speaking in an interview in Abuja on Thursday, Nnam stressed that Tinubu’s approach to food security is oriented towards long-term solutions that will eventually lead to a surplus of food resources.
Nnam urged Nigerians to remain calm amidst concerns about food insecurity, expressing confidence in Tinubu’s policies and their potential to generate a future where food is abundant and affordable for all.
“I urge Nigerians to exhibit patience and maintain composure amidst the concerning trend of food insecurity,” stated Nnam. “I am optimistic that President Tinubu’s policies of a better future when food would be surplus for all at affordable prices.”
Nnam, who commended President Tinubu for deploying some savings from fuel subsidy removal into the agricultural sector, blamed the shortage of food on banditry.
According to him, many of the farms have been invaded by terrorists causing scarcity and high cost of food.
He, therefore, enjoined Nigerians not to lose hope in the capacity of the APC-led government to provide the needed environmental and food security.
Nnam called on Nigerian youths in particular to go into farming to boost food security.
The ILDC leader said that the CBN under Tinubu had initiated multi-billion-naira agricultural intervention programmes to improve food sufficiency by directly reaching the farmers.
He explained that youths’ engagement in farming would galvanise economic independence and employment where Nigeria would produce what they eat and eat what they produce.
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