Federal Government Reaffirms Commitment to Food Security

Gilbert Ekugbe

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, has restated its commitment to revive the nation’s agricultural sector in its bid to attain food security.

The move, according to the ministry, is coming on the heels of the present administration’s resolve to address food emergency situation in the country and crash the high cost of food prices in the country.

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, stated this during the inauguration of two committees, namely logistics and blending, in Abuja recently.

Kyari said that his ministry would not rest on its oars until the cloud foisted by the high cost of food prizes is swept off the skies over Nigeria.

The minister pointed out during the inauguration that was held in his office recently in Abuja recently that the essence was to enable government to address the current food emergence situation as well as to revive and secure the nation’s food.

He added that it is a new dawn in Nigeria’s agricultural sector and the ministry, pointing out that his leadership is primed to fully deploy all resources at its disposal to force an era of renewed hope for all.

Kyari stated that farmers need NPK fertilizer, which was the result of process of blending Urea, Limestone Granules (LSG), Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Muriate of Potash (MOP), noting that two of the raw materials (urea and limestone) can be found locally, while other materials were imported; the DAP from Morocco and the Potash from Europe.

He added that “it is the 4th component that our friends from across the Atlantic have graciously made available to us. This show of support is profoundly appreciated and we are once again very grateful to His Excellency the Vice-President for taking up the responsibility to steer this process on behalf of our boss, His Excellency Mr. President.”

In his remarks, the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi, commended the committee members and revealed that the meeting was a follow up on what was discussed at the vice president’ s office.

He noted that the eight point agenda that had been unveiled by the president at the inaugural meeting was very apt, stressing that one of its mandates is to eliminate poverty, which the agricultural sector ought to play a great role.