By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has emphasized its capacity to significantly enhance Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through qualitative livestock production. This was revealed by the association’s National President, Dr. Moses Arokoyo, during a press briefing in Jos on Saturday ahead of NVMA’s...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Agwatashi community of Obi Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, have thrown it’s weight behind the citing of food security project, as it thanked government for finding the community suitable for the project. This was contained in a press statement signed by the chairman of...
The House of Representatives has called for effective collaboration between the government at national and sub-national level and Development Partners in the push to reduce malnutrition and improve food security across the country. Chairman of the House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Rep Chike Okafor made the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – As part of efforts to ensure food security and stimulate economic growth across Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched the Yobe State Agricultural Empowerment Programme in Damaturu, the state capital. The initiative, which includes the provision of agricultural machinery and implements, is...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Committed to improving agricultural activities to ensuring food security in Bauchi State, Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReASAL) Projects with the support of the state government has facilitated the provision of 20 brand new tractors in view of the demands of tractors by...
President Bola Tinubu has urged state governors to work together to meet the needs of citizens, stating that he is willing to provide the needed support to ensure that Nigerians are relieved of hardship. President Tinubu also ordered the deployment of N155 billion for the purchase and sale of...
A Veteran Yoruba actor, Lere Paimo, popularly known as Eda Onile Ola, has urged South-West governors to collaborate and take measures to restraint killer herdsmen to ensure food security in the region. Paimo, the Oyo State-born Nollywood actor and a National Awards holder, who made the plea in...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt- The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced a partnership with communities in the Niger Delta region to empower 4,500 rice and cassava farmers to ensure food security in the region and country at large. Speaking during the onboarding Programme for the empowerment of the...
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, has said the livestock sector has the potential to contribute more than 11 billion dollars annually to Nigeria’s economy if properly harnessed. Abdullahi communicated this at the 3rd meeting of the Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR)...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL , Sokoto – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerian politicians and leaders to make food security a top priority, in addition to ensuring health and overall security of lives and properties of the citizenry. The former president, who spoke in Sokoto during the formal...
TZAR OLUIGBI [Lead Writer] Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security recently organised a retreat with relevant stakeholders with the aim of reaching a consensus on the legislative agenda for Nutrition and Food Security in the 10th Assembly and to develop a comprehensive work plan to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has said that the distribution of palliatives by the federal government was not a permanent solution to food scarcity bedeviling the nation. Governor Zulum, who is also the Chairman, North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), called on stakeholders...
By MBAFAN ADE – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $50 million loan for the Yobe State Environmental and Climate Change Action Project (ECCAP) to enhance climate change resilience, boost food security, and improve livelihoods for over 3.5 million people in...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has taken bold steps to ensure food security and put an end to the economic challenges confronting the nation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council also pledged to make fertiliser available to farmers and to establish Agro-Rangers to tackle...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Niger State Governor, Umar Bago has taken delivery of 300 tractors from a firm, John Deere Ltd., to boost food production in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Bologi Ibrahim, on Monday...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is revolutionizing agriculture to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production and a net exporter of agricultural products. He disclosed this when he received a delegation from the Global Tijaniyya Movement, led by Khalifa Muhammad Mahe Niass, at the Presidential Villa in...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says it will revive its 180 tonnes per day Rice Mill at Elele Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, as part of its efforts to ensure food security in the region. The NDDC Executive Director,...
Renown farmer, Chief Afe Babalola, has beaten nine other nominees across Sub- Saharan Africa to emerge the 2024 African man of the Year in food security, the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports. The conferment of the award on the nonegarian legal icon and founder of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced seven pilot communities for his administration’s irrigation plan that aims to key into the national food security initiatives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The seven irrigation schemes are to be sited at Gajibo in Dikwa,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, paid visit to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) in Ilorin Kwara State. Governor Zulum’s visit...