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President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government on Wednesday admitted that it is aware of “serious shortage of foods” in many families in the country.
The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Ogbeh was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.
The minister said it was heartwarming that despite the food shortage, the situation in the country was still not close to that of Venezuela that can no longer feed its people.
He said the present administration was working hard to address the food shortage.
He gave an assurance that in the next one-and-half years, Nigeria would be self-sufficient in grains like rice, beans and others.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) therefore approved a document road map, outlining the policies and objectives it has for food sufficiency in the country.
The document titled ‘Green Alternative’ stipulates everything the government will do to return agriculture to its position in the nation’s economy.
The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Ogbeh was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.
The minister said it was heartwarming that despite the food shortage, the situation in the country was still not close to that of Venezuela that can no longer feed its people.
He said the present administration was working hard to address the food shortage.
He gave an assurance that in the next one-and-half years, Nigeria would be self-sufficient in grains like rice, beans and others.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) therefore approved a document road map, outlining the policies and objectives it has for food sufficiency in the country.
The document titled ‘Green Alternative’ stipulates everything the government will do to return agriculture to its position in the nation’s economy.
