The Nigerian government has inaugurated the Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit saddled with the responsibility of finding a lasting solution to the food security crisis in the country.
Media aide to Vice President Kashim Shettima, Stanley Nkwocha announced this in a statement on Friday after the VP inaugurated the Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit (PFSCU) at the behest of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The Vice president bemoaned the rising cost of food items and acknowledged thatNigeria is facing a rare food security crisis that urgently requires the ideas and resources of stakeholders.
Shettima will chair the unit which comprises some state governors, representatives of local governments, development partners, and other critical stakeholders. It’s primary objective is to coordinate all agricultural activities in Nigeria.
Shettima said; “The nation is facing a rare food security crisis and the sooner we come to terms with the reality, the better.
“Food insecurity endangers the very basis of our democratic experiment and this is why all hands have to be on deck. We are in a food security crisis but it also provides us the opportunity to re-engineer and reposition the nation on a firmer footing”.
The initiative comes in the wake of the soaring cost of food items across the nation with the inflation rate now at over 33 percent.
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