Tag: Food Security
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BREAKING: FG declares state of emergency on food security
The Federal Government has declared all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as essential livelihood items, to be included within the purview of the National Security Council.
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UN allocates $20m to ramp up food security in Nigeria
The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million dollars to urgently ramp up the response to the alarming food security and nutrition crisis in the north-east of Nigeria.
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Food Security: UN allocates $20m to scale up response in N/E
The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million to ramp up humanitarian response to problem of food security and nutrition crisis in North East. A statement on Tuesday by Ann Weru, the Head of Public Information United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Nigeria, said the fund was from the Central Response…
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What we are doing to achieve food security in Nigeria – Buhari tells UN Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained what the Federal Government is doing to attain food security in Nigeria.
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FG injects N600bn to sustain food security
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has revealed that the Federal Government has resolved to inject over N600 billion as stimulus response into the agriculture sector, targetting small scale farmers, to ensure food security and sustainability. The Minister stated this while on a weekend tour of Dangote Fertilizer Plant, and…
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Groups alert FG on food security implications of COVID-19
The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) and West African Institute for Trade and Agricultural Development (WAITAD) have called for urgent need to address food security implications of post COVID-19 on Nigeria. The two organisations made the call on Sunday in Abuja in a joint statement signed by the Presidentof NANTS, Dr Ken Ukaoha. Ukaoha…
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$1.1bn ‘Green lmperative’ Loan ‘ll Create Jobs, Guarantee Food Security, Others – Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Thursday, stated that the $ 1 billion loan facility under the ‘Green Imperative’, which is one of the products of the diversification initiatives of the Federal Government will create massive jobs, food security, food self-sufficiency in all the 774 Local Government Areas of the nation. Ahmed stated this…
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Killings in Zamfara will affect Nigeria’s food security – FG
The federal government says the persistent attacks on residents of Zamfara by bandits will affect food security in the country. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, said this on Wednesday in Gusau during an on-the-spot assessment of the activities of the bandits in the state. “Since those affected by the killings are largely the agrarian…
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Gulf of Guinea strategic to food security – NIMASA DG
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stressed the importance of the Gulf of Guinea to food security to the West and Central African sub-region stating that the region must be properly secured to avert illegal activities that may hamper food supply in the African region.…
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Lack of modern farming techniques threatens Africa’s food security – FAO
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that lack of modern farming techniques threatens Africa’s food security. Josef Kienzle, FAO’s Leader of the Mechanisation task team, said that unless the governments adopt new technologies of farming, the continent will continue relying on food aid. “There is need for a paradigm shift on intensive…