Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi has inaugurated the distribution of 25 trucks of fertiliser to farmers across the state as part of efforts to enhance food production and boost security. The governor, at the inaugural ceremony in Lokoja on Saturday,…
By Matthew Denis In a step to enhance food security and agricultural productivity in the country, the Federal Government has stepped up plans to foster global partnership with World Food Programme (WFP) in order to boost Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector for…
Nigeria is confronted not just by terrorism or economic instability, but by a fundamental and urgent need: food security. The country’s food inflation has surged to 40.8 percent, sounding a dire alarm that hunger looms large on the horizon. Shockingly,…
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration has received the first batch of 72 newly coupled tractors out of 114 tractors into Osun state. The government, in a statement signed on Thursday by the Governor’s Spokesperson Olawale Rasheed said…
The Federal Government says plans are underway to integrate agroecology and regenerative agriculture principles towards a transformed food system in the country. Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Secuirty, stated this while inaugurating the National Executive…
…As Govt launches sale of subsidised food items …Flags off repair of 20km township roads The Governor of Ondo State, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the sum of N2 billion as additional intervention fund to enhance food security and…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Friday inaugurated the Presidential Food System Coordinating Unit (PFSCU), with a mandate to improve food security and crash the cost of food items in the country. The inauguration of the unit was held at the presidential…
As the country grapples with the menacing threat of terrorism and banditry, a more sinister danger lurks in the shadows — food insecurity. The recent surge in violent attacks in states like Benue, Niger, Plateau, Kaduna, and Zamfara has not…
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has received the report of the Food Security Committee to address various aspects of food security in the state. Adeleke, who described food security as the most pressing issue facing the…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, allocated farmlands to 26 members of the state House of Assembly as part of efforts aimed at ensuring food security and in support of the agricultural resurgence initiative of the federal government.…
