Dr Bello Abubakar, National President, made the pledge in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
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Gidado, also Deputy Director, National Biotechnology Development Agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
The Lagos State Government has unfolded various agricultural projects that will shore up the food security status of the State in order to achieve sustainable food security in Lagos State.
The recent COVID-19 outbreak in the world has significantly dealt the global economy a serious blow, such that even the much respected developed economies are now gasping for Oxygen to survive. Going by this trend, the hitherto fragile Nigerian Economy may be badly hit by the impending depression in our economy, if we fail to pragmatically bailout our major primary production sector which is Agriculture, to stimulate the desired growth
The Food and Agricultural Organisation has promised Nigeria continued support in its drive toward ensuring food security and zero hunger in the future.
The Federal Government says the persistent attacks on residents of Zamfara State by bandits will affect food security in the country.
The President of Soil Science Society of Nigeria, Prof. Bashiru Raji, has warned that soil pollution remains a hidden danger and poses greater threat to food security, human health and the environment.
The Federal Government’s Fadama III Second Additional Financing says it will on Monday start a review of Food Security and Livelihood Support Project activities of the six North East states ravaged by insurgency.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Food Security, Ganiyu Sanni, disclosed this over the weekend when he led top officials of the Ministry of Agriculture on a monitoring tour of designated sales centres and distributors’ outlets.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this at a stakeholders’ interactive forum to precede the winding down of the programme in Abuja on Thursday.
He added that this has become imperative given the rate of population growth particularly in developing nations.
“As part of the global community faced with the challenge of climate change, we must participate actively in the global efforts to mitigate its effects through research and enlightenment of farmers on the need to adapt to the new reality,” he said
He said: “The amount is earmarked to finance a seven-year infrastructure development and other components starting with five states in the Northern region as pilot projects
Smith, who led a US delegation at the ongoing African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, disclosed this in a transcript issued by the African Media Hub of US Department of State
They arrived in their new host communities hungry, confused, dispossessed, and hopeless. Their country had abandoned them and they were left on their own. Their husbands had either been slain (some wives witnessed the horrendous incidents) or were missing, their grown up sons killed or conscripted by the insurgents to fight and die, and their daughters taken away to become sex slaves
The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, who made this known while speaking during an event to commemorate year 2015 World Food Day in Lagos, said his administration is committed to making life better, healthier and wealthier for all residents and investors in Lagos State
In a statement from the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Millennium Development Goals, the Presidency said that N541 million was expended in 2011, N5.1 billion in 2012 and N4.73 billion in 2013
Speaking at the New Alliance meeting as the representative of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister Adesina noted that inclusion in this global partnership of G8 nations and private sector partners will help Nigeria achieve its Agricultural Transformation Agenda to create 3.5 million new jobs and provide over N300 billion ($2 billion) of additional income for Nigerian farmers
The meeting, which had in attendance the outgoing Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Godknows Igali, highlighted the need for the Ministries of Power and Water Resources to work together to deliver power to Nigerians