Tinubu Gives Seven Day Deadline to Governors to Submit Their Request for Food Production
President Bola Tinubu has asked the State Governors to work together to meet the urgent needs of the people, with special priority on food production.
The President assured the Governors of the readiness of the presidency, to provide them with needed support in whatever form, to reduce the current economic hardships.
He directed them to report back to his office within the next seven days, after consultations on their requirements to boost food production.
Tinubu spoke while addressing the meeting of the national economic council, with state governors in attendance on Thursday at the Presidential Villa.
The President also ordered the purchase of N155 billion worth of foodstuff, which would be distributed nationwide for sale to members of the public.
He also told the governors that they would receive support in form of Agric Mechanization, high yielding seedlings and solar powered irrigation facilities to support farmers.
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The President also announced the approval of the Badary-Sokoto highway project, which according to him is a critical road because it cut across food producing areas, with Badagry as an artery for export.
Tinubu said: “Our states must work together to deliver on the critical reforms required of us to meet the needs of our people. Time is humanity’s most precious asset. You can never have enough of it. It is getting late.
We are ready and able to support you in the form of the mechanization of your agricultural processes and the provision of high-quality seedlings.
We are prepared to provide solar powered irrigation facilities to support our farmers across seasons, but we must now produce. We must produce the food our people eat, and it will require coordination and intentionality between members of the National Economic Council (NEC).
There is nothing we are doing that is more important than producing high-quality food for our people to consume, buy, and sell. We create jobs in the production of it. And that is before we generate wealth by exporting the excess. It is not beyond us to achieve this for Nigerians.
How much support do you need from me and in what form? I am prepared to provide it. But we must achieve the result. We must deliver on our targets at all levels. Please report back following your consultations and submit to my office within seven days.
