The Nation Newspaper Abiodun's renewed effort towards sustainable food production
The time has come for a deliberate policy of government on sustainable food self-sufficiency in Nigeria for social safety and security. Food security-the availability, accessibility, and affordability to meet the dietary needs of individuals-is a critical global issue that cannot be treated with levity. Food is everything. It is national security, it’s the economy, it is employment, it is energy, it is all-encompassing. A nation that cannot feed itself is doomed to fail.
“Our new policy now is to partner anyone who wants to come and farm in Ogun State by providing the land, by ensuring that the lands are accessible, by also clearing the lands. “We have an ambitious plan of ensuring that in the next 12 months, this becomes easily visible across the state. We welcome partners that will assist us in that part,” he said.
The Consul General, while responding, said that the German government was looking at increasing its ties with the Ogun State in the agricultural sector and energy transition. He explained the priority the German Government placed on Nigerian-German cooperation in food security and the high-level visits to Nigerian authorities, including the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to foster agricultural collaborations.Ewekoro Council boosts Ogun’s 36% non-oil revenuecontribution to Fed Govt, says Abiodun
This year, in furtherance of the government’s commitment to food security, the agricultural sector received close to N1 trillion budgetary allocations in the 2024 appropriation consistent with the renewed hope agenda of President Tinubu. This is apart from the 2.15 million bags of fertilizers worth over N100bn released to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security by the Central Bank of Nigeria to boost food production and address the rising inflation.
In its move to complement the Federal Government’s effort, Ogun State is now exploring the possibility of leveraging on digital agriculture to boost food production. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Bolu Owotomo, during an agricultural show organised by the ministry in Abeokuta to mark the 2024 Lisabi Day Festival called for the deployment of digital agriculture to boost food production to meet rising global demand.
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