Professor Gbolagade Ayoola is an obscure personality among the downtrodden Nigerians, the category of people he has doggedly fought for all his life. If Nigeria is a country that recognizes and celebrates heroes and fighters of human rights, Ayoola would have been the Mahatma Gandhi of Nigeria; his portraits and objects immortalizing him would have littered every nook and cranny of Nigeria. Today, we are grateful for Ayoola’s success in drafting the Food Right Act, which allows Nigerians to hold their elected officials accountable and even take them to court if they go hungry. The government is not required to provide food for the people free of charge. However, the government has a constitutional responsibility to formulate and implement policies to ensure all Nigerians’ Right to food and food security. Failure of government policies to guarantee people access to qualitative food empowers the people to take the government into account. It means the government of Nigeria bears legally enforceable obligations to respect, protect, promote, and fulfill the Right to food for citizens based on treaty obligations and existing laws. The Right to food is in tandem with the Right to life, as access to food is necessary for human survival. It is also part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to end hunger in all its forms worldwide before the year 2030. Prof. Ayoola resigned from his teaching job at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, when he realized the enormity of the fight to draft the Right to Food Bill and transform it into an Act.
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The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and Environment has said that mining activities across the country must have minimized effect on the environment.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC), has questioned the ‘science’ that claimed that “all paracetamol tablets sold in Nigeria are underdosed.
Nigeria is listed as the 22nd country with the most affordable fuel prices in a recent obal report, which compares the costs of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) worldwide.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported a sharp increase in Lassa Fever cases in week 51 of 2023.
Nigerian banks and other fintech companies will join the cryptocurrency trading with the launch of the cNGN stable coin on February 27, 2024.
The Nigerian government has disclosed that it is holding discussions with a Chinese firm to build a new steel plant in Nigeria as well as commence the building of military hardware in Ajaokuta Steel Plant.
ASHENEWS reports that Senator Shehu Sani has chided the Nigerian government for its failure to join the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), opining that the refusal is retrogressive to the economic future of the country.
With the important announcement of the accession of United Nations to the nation’s request for the extension of the country’s Continnental Shelf a few days ago, no one should be in doubt any longer about the rising capacities of Nigeria in the emerging geopolitical equation, globally.
A Nigerian-based energy company, Riverside LNG has revealed that there is an ongoing discussions to supply gas to South Africa from the first quarter of 2024.