The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has said hunger and famine await Nigeria if farmers are denied access to farms by bandits and terrorists. Obi, who was reacting to publications and the international agency’s warning on the matter, said the alarm should be given adequate attention. […]
Food Crisis: Tinubu directs total compliance with Export Prohibition Act – Official
President Bola Tinubu has directed total compliance with the Export Prohibition Act regarding food items to check the smuggling of commodities out of the country. The post Food Crisis: Tinubu directs total compliance with Export Prohibition Act – Official appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Powered by WPeMatico
Food Crisis: ‘Nigeria needs 72,000 tractors but only has 5,000’— Minister
The minister said the ministry has signed an MoU with John Deere, a prominent American agricultural equipment company, to supply 2,000 tractors a year for the next five years, making it 10,000. The post Food Crisis: ‘Nigeria needs 72,000 tractors but only has 5,000’— Minister appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Powered by WPeMatico
Hardship: Prices of garri, rice record over 50% increase in Enugu
Shettima says forces bent on undermining Nigeria’s economy – Shettima
Food Crisis: Akwa Ibom govt to establish agency to sell food items at lower price
Food crisis: Olam Agri, Premier Feed Mills suspend maize, sorghum offtake in Nigeria
Two leading agro-processing firms in Nigeria, Olam Agri and Premier Feed Mills, PFM, have temporarily suspended the offtake of Maize and Sorghum amid economic hardship and the food crisis in the country. In separate statements dated February 16, 2024, the firms said the move was part of efforts to manage the ongoing food insecurity and […]
Food crisis: Set up taskforce to tackle saboteurs of grain distribution – Osun APC chieftain to Tinubu
Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Osun State has urged President Bola Tinubu to set up a special taskforce for the distribution of the approved 42,000 metric tonnes of grains from strategic reserves to Nigerians. Oyintiloye, while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo, also stated that setting up of the taskforce […]
Kaduna, Borno, Adamawa, 4 other Northern states risk food crisis in 2024 – World Bank
The World Bank’s latest Food Security report has projected that seven states across the North-west and North-east will undergo a crisis of food security levels in 2024. The report said insecurity and armed conflicts were reducing the standards of living across the region, adding that Borno, Adamawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Yobe, Sokoto, and Zamfara states are […]