President Tinubu Issues Urgent Call To Action On Food Security

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given state governors a seven-day deadline to report back on their plans to boost food production and security in their respective states.

Speaking at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, Tinubu emphasized the urgency of increasing food production and pledged his support to states in achieving this goal.

“Our states must work together to deliver on the critical reforms required of us to meet the needs of our people. Time is humanity’s most precious asset. You can never have enough of it. It is getting late,” Tinubu said.

He continued, “We are ready and able to support you in the form of the mechanization of your agricultural processes and the provision of high-quality seedlings. We are prepared to provide solar-powered irrigation facilities to support our farmers across seasons, but we must now produce. We must produce the food our people eat, and it will require coordination and intentionality between members of the National Economic Council (NEC).”

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The President also announced an ambitious infrastructure plan, including the rollout of the National Construction and Household Support Programme, which will cover all geo-political zones in the country.

The programme includes the prioritization of key road infrastructure projects, such as the Sokoto-Badagry Highway and the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, as well as full counterpart financing for the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Railway and the Ibadan-Abuja segment of the Lagos-Kano Standard-Gauge Railway.

Other items under the programme include a one-off allocation to states and the Federal Capital Territory for the procurement of buses and CNG uplift programme, delivery of N50,000 uplift grant to 100,000 families per state for three months, provision for labour unions and civil society organizations, and deployment of N155 billion for the purchase and sale of assorted foodstuff to be distributed across the nation.

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