MINISTER of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Monday, charged state governments across the country to prioritise food security in the formulation and implementation of their policies and programmes. He said the issues of food security should be approached from the perspective of “citizens’ right to food, second only to right to life”. Ogbeh, who spoke through the President farm and infrastructure foundation, Prof Gbolagade Ayoola, said concerted efforts should be made by the stakeholders, particularly state governments to ensure that people have access to food. He said that if food security was addressed from the perspective of right and policies were tailored to meet the food requirements of the people government policies and programmes would be taken more seriously. Ogbeh lauded the efforts of the state government for adopting the Bottom-top-approach in ensuring food security through the launching of its Fair Agricultural Project (FAP).

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 20, 2017 16:02 UTC