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  • U.I 45th Lecture: Agric Communication Professor Unravels Food Security Options

    By Rotimi Famakin

    An agricultural Communication Professor at the University of Ibadan, Kuta Yahaya has concluded the third phase of University of Ibadan 45th University Lecture at the Trenchard hall of the institution with options and recommendations that will solve the problem of food shortage in Nigeria.

    The first two lecture series had earlier provided a fundamental insight to the root causes of of Nigeria’s food crises and lessons that could be drawn from Nigerian states and developed countries already making headway in the sector.

    Two options highlighted by Professor Yahaya were nutrition intervention which he said has to do with generating locally sourced crops and  improving them to meet international standards while harnessing livestock to boost the nations Gross Domestic Product.

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     He maintained that poultry, swine farming, ranching and pasture hold greater potential in not only meeting Nigeria’s food demands but increasing employment opportunities for Nigerian population.

     “Swine farming system provides large range of benefits including food security, employment opportunities and ecosystem. Therefore, if we must improve productivity, the private sector must focus more on enhancing animal efficiency, through genetic preservation, improved feeding system practices and precision farming..

     “With increasing population and the the need to ensure food security, ranching provides an indigenous root to de-escalate food insecurity with potential to tap into the export market to enhance the GDP”.

    Professor Yahaya noted that the crop and livestock sectors suffered setback due to over reliance on crude oil, dependence on food importation, lack of funds and infrastructure, influence of industrial agriculture and multinational corporations as well as shift in climate change among other factors.

    Professor Yahaya explained that policy intervention such as President Bola Tinubu’s Livestock Reform Implementation Committee, had been attracting foreign investors to the country.

     “Mr Vice chancelor, the role of the Presidential Livestock Reform Implementation Committee has been extensively dealt with in the past presentation where Professor Jega was in attendance. They have already attracted key international trading partners”

    Among the numerous recommendations given by the Agricultural Communication Professor are leveraging on technological innovation, empowering Nigerian women and youths in local and mechanized  farming, promoting livestock business, provision of infrastructural facilities, land tenure reform, investment in transport and storage infrastructure, strong and coherence agricultural policy and community involvement in smart agricultural practices

    In an interview, some notable Nigerians at the event including Professor Ibrahim Babangana said the lecture was in-depth and thought provoking with up to date recommendations on Nigeria’s food sovereignty.

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    Also speaking on the lecture, the Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, said Nigerian youths should see agriculture as a venture beyond food provision.

     ” We have youth population. So it is important for us to be able to harness and tell them that agriculture is no longer the agriculture they used to know. That agriculture is business. Agriculture can bring money into their pocket and I think that is the direction we need to go”

    Commenting on the lecture, the Director General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, represented by the Zonal Director, FRCN Ibadan Zonal Station Mr Dominic Mokikan said food sufficiency would be achieved in Nigeria when recommendations proffered by the lecturer were fully implemented.

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     “He started by telling us where we got it wrong and at the middle he told us the state of affairs at the moment. In this final phase, he took us to where we should be and how to get there by making lots of  recommendations which I believe if the government keys into and implements, our story will be different”.

    The University of Ibadan 45th lecture entitled, “Decolonizing Food Security in Nigeria” kicked off with the first phase held on Thursday, the 6th of March and second phase on Thursday, March 13.

    It was rounded off with the third phase on Thursday, the 20th of March 2025.

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  • South-West Govs. to Address Food Scarcity

    South-West governors have decided to beef up security around farms in the region by forming specialised units within the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun.

    The decision was reached at a round table on food security, organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, DAWN, Commission, on Wednesday, in Ibadan.

    It was gathered that the move is to address the acute food scarcity in the zone which was occasioned by pervasive insecurity in most parts of the zone.

    Recall that the Southwest Governors’ Forum had directed the Commission to convene the meeting with the responsibility of fashioning out a regional agricultural template.

    Though all the six governors were represented by their Commissioners for Agriculture, it was resolved at the meeting that all the resolutions would be meticulously implemented.

    The five Commissioners for Agriculture who stood in for their governors include Mr Ebenezer Boluwade (Ekiti), Bolu Owotomo (Ogun), while Olayato Aribo, Babatola Faseru and Olasunkanmi Olaleye represented Ondo, Osun, and Oyo states respectively.

    Mr Emmanuel Audu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture represented the state’s commissioner for Agriculture.

    In his opening remarks, the Director General of the Commission, Dr Seye Oyeleye stressed that the insinuations that the region had lost its capacity to produce its food should be discarded calling on the participants “to come up with recommendations that state governors can easily implement” within the next few months.

    Other resolutions reached at the meeting include massive land clearing, enhanced security, and large-scale production of short-term crops like maize, sweet potatoes, and vegetables. Other plans include revitalizing moribund dams for irrigation, improving mechanization across the value chain, adopting a cluster farming model, expanding input distribution, and establishing an electronic agriculture database.

    Vanguard/ Oluwayemisi Owonikoko

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  • Reps Set Up Committee to Address Food Security

    By Tanimu Salihu

    As part of measures to ensure food security and avert the worsening food crisis in Nigeria, the House of Representatives has inaugurated a committee on nutrition and food security.

    The committee which is the first of its kind in the history of the Green Chamber was part of the effort of the House leadership to help address nutritional challenges and the looming food crisis in Nigeria.

    At the inauguration in Abuja, the Speaker House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas emphasized that food security was significant to the security and socioeconomic development of every nation.

    Dr Tajudeen explained that the inauguration of the committee becomes necessary to provide a legislative response to the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition in the country through effective oversight of policies and programmes.

    The speaker represented by the House Majority Leader, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, pointed out that the task of the committee requires urgent measures in the face of rising food prices and high cost of living occasioned by the withdrawal of subsidy on petroleum products.

    “The position of the House is to improve food and nutrition for our people. In our resolve as a House to tame hunger and malnutrition, pursue food security and sustainable development”, he explained.

    “We prioritized agricultural development as a key legislative agenda based on our strong belief that the agricultural sector is a critical factor in growing the nation’s economy and scaling down the poverty rate” the Speaker noted.

    The Chairman of the Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Dr. Chike Okafor, said the House would convene a Food Security Summit as part of deliberate measures to address food challenges in Nigeria.

    The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, who emphasized that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is concerned about the food situation, said concerted efforts have been put in place to address the challenges of nutrition and food security in Nigeria.

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  • Food Security: Adeleke Inaugurates 16-Man Committee

    By Funmi Ojo

    Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has inaugurated a 16-man Committee on food security to ensuring adequate provision and supply of food to the State.

    The decision was in order to reduce hunger, especially, during this harsh economy where many household cannot afford three square meals per day.

    Speaking shortly after the inauguration, Governor Adeleke affirmed that, the government is aware of the economic challenges that people are going through in the nation, hence the need for the government to be proactive to cushion the effect of the harsh economy.

    He noted that, government have introduced many policies on food to ease the burden on the populace and to attend to the immediate needs of the citizenry. 

    Governor Adeleke pointed out that, President Bola Tinubu had at a meeting with the State Governors on the state of the nation, advised Governors to come up with new measure of ensuring food security.

    He said the Committee is to fashion out ways of boosting food production, processing and distribution alongside the palliative for the people.

    While directing the Committee to give report within few days, Governor Adeleke urged them to come up with measure to strengthen farms security for food production, expansion of farming activities through State executives,  to organise back to farm youth conference, drive food stuff marketing and policy, review and offer new ideas on the operations of the ongoing palliative measures, as well as recommend immediate action to reduce economic hardship.

    Responding on behalf of other members, the Chairman of the Committee who is also the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Tola Faseru appreciated the Governor for the trust reposed in them to carry out the assignment, assuring that the Committee would ensure they deliver on their mandate.

    Other members of the committee included, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Mr. Adegoke Yahya, Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa, Mr. Rasheed Aderibigbe, Mrs. Ayo Awolowo, Comrade Olabisi Oluwasanmi, Dr. Olu Olujide and Miss Gbemisola Fayoyin.

  • Tinubu Orders Emergency Meeting on Food Security

    President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night, returned to Nigeria after a two-week private visit to Paris, France.

    The presidential jet, NAF 001, touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 9 pm.

    The President was received by top government officials, including his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

    Also on the receiving line were the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri; and the Director-General of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, among others.

    Although the presidency remained silent on the reason for the visit, the Nigerian leader was billed to return “in the first week of February 2024,” a statement announcing his departure on January 24 noted.

    The trip was Tinubu’s third to France and his 14th foreign visit since he assumed office eight months ago.

    He returns amid protests in some states over the rising food and living costs.

    On Monday through Tuesday, some angry youths and women took to the streets of Minna, the Niger State capital and Kano to protest what they described as the rising cost of living in the country. Similar protests also erupted in Ondo State, Nigeria’s South-West.

    On Tuesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, said Tinubu had directed immediate interventions to alleviate the suffering and forestall a further breakdown in security.

    The minister spoke after a meeting of the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention, chaired by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

    After Tuesday’s meeting, which is the first of a series of three, Mohammed told journalists, “It is a special presidential committee to address the issue of food shortage or lack of enough food on the table of most Nigerians.

    “What I will tell Nigerians is that the President has directed that government needs to step in to stem this tide. The government will not fold its arms and see how Nigerians are suffering regarding the availability of these food items.

    “So, I want to plead with you to understand with the government. By the time these meetings are concluded, we’ll be able to issue a definite statement on the government’s position in this regard. But all I can say is that discussions are ongoing, and very soon, a solution is in sight for Nigerians.”

    Idris, who argued that Nigeria was in no shortage of food, said the Federal Government was in talks with millers and major commodity traders to avail more supply, thereby reducing the price of some commodities.

    He also alleged that some elements were taking advantage of the high food prices and the depreciation of the naira to wreak havoc.

    “The government is also talking to major millers and major commodity traders, also to see what is available in their stores, to open it up so the government will provide some intervention, discuss with them, provide some intervention to make this food available to Nigerians.

    “What the government is noticing is that there is still food in this country. Some people are taking advantage of the situation, especially because of the depreciation in the value of our currency, which has led to the cost of these food items also going up.

    “So, all these issues were discussed…the National Security Adviser was there because this also has some national security implications. All these have been discussed,” the minister explained.

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  • Food Security: Experts Canvass for Technocrat in Agric Ministry

    By Olusegun Folarin

    Experts in the Agriculture sector have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint a technocrat into the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources towards addressing food shortage in the country.

    An expert, Mr Oladele Awoleri made the call in an interview with Radio Nigeria while reacting to the state of emergency proclamation by the President on food security.

    Mr Awoleri, who described the declaration of state of emergency on the food security as laudable, said the appointment of a technocrat was necessary to drive the vision of the President Tinubu to address food shortage and poverty.

    Mr Awoleri also stressed the need for the president to address the security concerns of Nigerians, especially farmers to boost their confidence to return to their farms.

    A farmer, Mr Ayopo Somefun while commending the president for state of emergency declaration on food security, said there was the need for the Federal Government to replicate the five hundred thousand hectares cultivation in states for crops where each has a comparative advantage.

    Mr Somefun appealed to President Tinubu to empower families towards the realisation of the food security agenda.

    Contributing, the Secretary, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Ogun State Chapter, Prince Abiodun Ogunjimi, who described the step of President Tinubu as welcome development, expressed optimism that the decision would go a long way to address prices of food items and hunger in the country.

    Prince Ogunjimi appealed to the federal Government to ensure prompt implementation various initiatives geared towards addressing food insecurity in the interest of Nigerians.

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  • Quality water essential to food security – FG

    To achieve food security, poverty alleviation as well as job and wealth creation, Nigerians have been advised to be at the forefront of attaining good quality water for safe crop production.

    The advice was given by the Director, Irrigation and Drainage Department, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs Esther Oluniyi at a sensitization and training workshop on women and youths’ participation in irrigated agriculture.

    The one-day sensitization workshop was held at the Middle Ogun Irrigation Project site, Iseyin, Oyo State.

    It was organized by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in collaboration with the Ogun Osun River Basin Development Authority.

    Addressing the participants, who were mainly women and youths, the Director, Irrigation and Drainage department, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs Esther Oluniyi said the aim of the workshop was to enlighten and encourage Nigerians on the need to adopt appropriate and safe practices while discharging waste products.

    Mrs Oluniyi explained that where practices such as indiscriminate dumping of solid wastes and open defecation in irrigated structures existed, the resultant effect would be unsuitable water for irrigated agriculture.

    Mrs Oluniyi also called on community leaders to discourage their subordinates from inappropriate practices in order not to compromise the quality and suitability of water for irrigation.

    She added that if irrigated agriculture was allowed to thrive, farming activities in the country would not be limited to only rainy seasons.

    “Women and Youths are hugely involved directly or indirectly in the use of water in homes for domestic purposes such as cooking, bathing and washing. Women and Youths also get engaged in irrigated agriculture either for commercial or subsistence purposes.”

    “Once again, in our strong efforts to achieve food security, poverty alleviation, job and wealth creation through sustainable irrigated agriculture, I call on everyone particularly the women and the youth to be at the forefront of promoting the attainment of good quality water in our canals and reservoirs for safe Crop Production through irrigation.

    I also enjoin all Community Leaders to encourage all community members to desist from inappropriate practices when using water for various purposes. They need to stop washing, defecating, bathing and dumping of solid wastes in irrigation structures, including, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and other water bodies”.

    “It is expected that you will all participate actively in this workshop and grasp more knowledge on the needs, appropriate and safe practices to adopt while discharging wastes in order not to compromise the quality and suitability of water meant for irrigation”.

    In separate interviews, two of the participants, Magaji Hummu and Adewoyin Victoria commended the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for the workshop and promised to champion the cause for safe water for their farming exploits.

    The workshop also featured a technical session on the role of gender participation in sustainable irrigation water management.

    Oluwakayode Banjo

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  • Food Security: Oyo Govt. Trains 66 Facilitators, Desk Officers

    Oyo State government has trained its 66 desk and facilitators across the thirty-three local government areas of the state to assist small-scale farmers in cushioning the effect of Covid-19 towards boosting food security.

    The training which is with the support of the World Bank is to scale up the intervention that would help the farmers to increase food production in the state.

    Addressing the trainees via -Zoom at the programme held at the Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency, OYSADA, Headquarters Saki, the Director General of OYSADA, Dr Debo Akande noted that the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) programmes are an Oyo State Government/World Bank Assisted Project with the objective to enhance the food supply chain.

    Dr Akande who is also the Executive Adviser to the Governor on Agribusiness explained that desk and facilitators would be a soldier in supporting all these farmers and young people in all the 33 local government areas of the state to identify the beneficiaries who needed the support.

    Akande said, “N-CARES is expected to support the farmers that were attacked by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the young farmers that are into small-scale farming but deeply involved in the agricultural and agribusiness value chain”. 

    He further said, “one of the reasons why many of you were selected as facilitators to be part of this agricultural scheme is because you are young, vibrant and dynamic, few of you I’m aware completed training at Nasarawa State under the state Youth Employment Agribusiness Project, YEAP, initiative, and I’m also aware that only a few of you like 20 out of over 3,000 that attended the training were selected for this program, this means that you are ICT guaranteed and you must adopt the use of technology a lot in driving this project at hand”.

    “Don’t allow people to tell you that this is not how we used to do it during the days of FADAMA, or OYSADEP, this is not a FADAMA nor OYSADEP program, we are looking for new technology, new ideas, new innovations, we cannot continue to do things in the same way and expect a different result, there must be new approaches to deliver things for the development of our dear state, and we are counting on you people to provide all these platforms and knowledge on farm approaches.”

    Earlier, the Result Area 2 Project Coordinator in the state, Mr Abimbola Bamgbola said, “N-Cares programmes are designed to restore the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable, maintaining food security and facilitating recovery of Moses which are some of the key objectives set out in the government’s economic sustainable plan to respond to the current economic crisis in Nigeria”.

    He noted that the orientation and training of the facilitators and desk officers in the state is to acquaint them with the implementation procedures and guidelines for the project. 

    Mr Bamgbola commended the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde for the commencement of the intervention programmes for the affected farmers in the state even before the Federal government intervention project.

    In an interview, two of the participants, Mr Ogunyanju Akeem Babatunde, a desk officer from Atiba Local Government and Moses Odigie, a Facilitator from Ibarapa Local government described the training as worthwhile.

    They also promised to make good use of the training for the development of the state.

    Iyabo Adebisi

  • Oyo Residents Advocate Food Safety

    Concerned residents of Oyo town want relevant agencies saddled with the responsibility of providing food security to ensure that local food processors comply with hygienic standards.

    The residents who spoke with Radio Nigeria, particularly those who patronize the cassava processing depot for their food items, expressed reservations over the safety of gaari produced in some areas of the town.

    According to them, the gaari processors usually allow free-ranging animals such as goats and cows within their premises to feed on their frying trays.

    Reacting, Director, Environmental Health Services in Atiba local government area, Alhaja Adefunke Amzat frowned at the attitude, saying it portends grave dangers for human health.

    Alhaja Amzat who warned the cassava processors to desist from unhealthy acts capable of inducing animal transmitted diseases maintained that environmental health officers have the capacity to deal with the situation, though they are few in number.

    Kayode Oguntona.

  • Agric Expert Advocates Investment In Snail Farming To Enhance Food Security

    An agric expert, Mr Oluwole Azeez has called on the government to invest in snail farming to enhance food security and boost its revenue generation. 

     Mr Azeez who is the Chief Executive Officer of FarmKonnect Agribusiness Nigeria Plc stated this when the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, paid a courtesy visit to the farm in Ibadan.

    He said snail farming is a 16 billion dollar per annum market business the country can invest in to improve its revenue drive and obtain the desired food security.

    The FarmKonnect boss who is a retired Naval Commander remarked that snail farming through its numerous value chains from production to marketing could make people, especially youth self-employed and employers of labour.

    According to Mr Azeez, the firm in its efforts to improve job creation and contribute to food security established a snail village in Ekiti.

    He emphasised that the fundamentals of every society were food security because every human being depends on food to survive.

    “Without food security, we cannot have national security, national security is the requirement to maintain the survival of any nation.

    “National security comprises health, political, environmental, social, food security, among others.

    “The key players in socio-economic development should include the family, schools, corporate organisations, religious leaders, the government and even society.”

    He stressed the need for farmers to be equipped with information technology to enable them to improve yield and productivity.

     “We don’t need more farmers but smarter farmers, farmers should learn to collaborate rather than compete.

    “Our vision is to make profiting from agriculture easier and more consistent for all and sundry, without limitation by boundaries, time, space, skill, social or financial status.

    Earlier, Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, Air Vice Marshal Ebenezer Alade said they were on a study tour to know how the farm has been contributing to national security, especially through agriculture

    “They are doing a great job because anybody that produces food is a form of security to the country.

    “This is because a hungry man is an angry person when people are angry they can do lots of negative things.

    “So whoever that is ensuring that there is food availability, as FarmKonnect is doing, is moving Nigeria forward,” he said.

    Ridwan Fasasi.

     

  • Tackling The Rising Cost Of Food

    In a recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics on food security and analysis about nine million Nigerians are expected to be in hunger crisis between November and December this year as a result of the high cost of food in the country.

    Also, Nigeria’s food inflation rose by one hundred and ten percent in five years, between September 2015 and September 2020.

    A comparison of the Composite Food Index within that five years indicated that food inflation rose from over one hundred and eighty–one index points to over three hundred and eighty-two index points.

    This means that the price of food items has not only increased, but more than doubled in the last five years.

    Factors that could be responsible for this include flooding, the cost of transportation and storage as a large quantity of perishable food items spoil before they get to the market and farmers will want to recover the cost of production from whatever remains which then reflects in the price of the product in the market.

    To deal with the situation, the federal government has, in line with its ease of doing business mantra, avoided imposing stockholding restrictions, in order not to discourage investments in modern warehousing and cold storage.

    President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the release of food items from the strategic reserves, including thirty thousand tons of maize to animal feeds producers to ease the high cost of poultry production.

    Despite these efforts of the government, more still needs to be done.

    There is an imperative need for the use of modern farming techniques in the country; this will go a long way in enhancing food production, boost the food production value chain and reduce the cost of food items.

    Agricultural commodities that are required for industrial use should cost less for the products to penetrate not just the domestic market, but also the international market.

    There is the need for re-orientation and attitudinal change as well as enlightenment of the youths to make them have interest in agriculture.

    Graduates of agricultural sciences should be giving automatic employment by the federal government upon graduation.

    Urgent action needed to be taken to avert pervasive hunger while the federal government should prioritise mechanised farming and train farmers subsequently on the use of mechanised equipment.

    It is incumbent on the government to intensify efforts at improving the security, particularly in inaccessible and partially accessible areas, to ensure the safety of farmers.

    To further mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and flood on food production, the government should sustain the implementation of relief measures among the populace.

    Olubunmi Agboola

  • COVID-19: Obasanjo Challenges African leaders on Impending Food Crisis

    Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo wants governments across Africa to rise to the challenge of possible post Convid-19 food crisis in the continent.

    The former president while speaking at the flag off of a fish farming project held at the Presidential Library lake pond, Abeokuta, Ogun state, called on  governments at all levels to be proactive in resolving food shortages that could trail the pandemic.

    The fish farming project enable the release of about fifty thousand fish fingerlings of catfish and tilapia into the lake pond.

    Chief Obasanjo said the idea came from his views on next line of action after the Coronavirus pandemic. 

    The Aquaculture consultant on the project, Mr. Steve Okeleji in a remark said the initial process of the stocking was to allow for acclimatization before finally releasing them to the lake.

    While commercial activities are expected in four months’ time at the lake, He said visitors are to seize the opportunity to spend part of their tour around the lake to feed the fishes.

  • Ogun Inaugurates Committee on Food Security

    Ogun state Joint Technical Task Team on movement of food and agricultural inputs have been told to be proactive in resolving issues related to making food available to the populace from the farms.

    The state coordinator of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Ganiyu Oseni gave the advice at state headquarters of the Nigeria Police, Eleweran, Abeokuta during the inauguration of the committee.

    The state coordinator said the task team was set up to mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 on the agricultural sector.

    Mr. Oseni hinted that the committee was to ensure the removal of bottlenecks encountered by farmers in moving their agricultural products including inputs from one location to the other considering the increased check points occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The committee named the Joint Task Team on emergency response to COVID-19 on challenges of movement of food and agricultural inputs in the country has the representative of the Nigeria Police as the Chairman, and members drawn from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp, NSCDC, All Farmers Association, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, while the representative of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is to serve as the Secretary.

    The Joint Technical Task Team has four terms of reference including issuance of clear instructions to all security personnel and propagation of adequate information clarifying the controlled movement of food stuffs, livestock and agricultural inputs to achieve food sufficiency, during the ongoing fight against COVID-19 pandemic and afterwards.

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