Stakeholders in the agricultural space have lamented the government’s insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians, as prices of food items continue to soar due to food shortage, stating that the government is not proactive enough in addressing the country’s food crisis.
The experts, in separate interviews with Daily Independent, are of the opinion that there is no justification for the food crisis, as the country is abundantly blessed with everything needed to feed its population, as well as export to other countries in need.
They called on the government and the organised private sector to invest more in the food system to make life easy for the common man while urging the government to come up with people-oriented policies.
The stakeholders also condemned the N2bn social intervention funds given to each state government for palliative, stating that such money should have been invested in each state’s agriculture, which by now, would have yielded positive results.
Adewale Adeoye, an activist, who is of the opinion that there is no justification for the food crisis in the country, said:
“We have the land. We have rainy and dry seasons. It takes tomatoes some 90 days to mature, maize would take four to six months; cassava would take about nine months. Vegetables would take three months and poultry would harvest in 12 months.”
Adeoye said that what is lacking is a creative mind.
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