A special presidential committee met at the presidential villa on Tuesday to articulate actions necessary to stem the tide including the release of available food in stock. It is a special presidential committee to address the issue of food shortage or lack of enough food on the table of most Nigerians. ⁣“Now, some of these will involve unlocking the foods that are available in most of the storage facilities (National Food Reserve) around the country. You know that the Federal Minister of Agriculture has some food reserves. To open it up, so that government will provide some intervention, discuss with them provide some intervention to make this food available to Nigerians.⁣“What the government is noticing is that actually there is still food in this country.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 06, 2024 20:13 UTC