What Nigerian gov is doing to fight food insecurity – Official

What Nigerian gov is doing to fight food insecurity – Official

Abubakar Kyari, minister of agriculture and food security, says the Nigerian government is investing in dry season farming to address nutrition and food insecurity in the country.Part of the measures to curtail the ravaging food crisis in the country, the minister, said include making available to farmers improved seedlings and fertilisers to boost farm productivity. … Read more

John Steenhuisen claps back at being called ‘matriculant’ [video]

John Steenhuisen claps back at being called ‘matriculant’ [video]

John Steenhuisen has clapped back at criticism of not having a post-matric degree with a swipe at the EFF’s alleged links to the VBS corruption scandal. The Minister of Agriculture was speaking in parliament when his lack of education was mocked by the party’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Steenhuisen is one of a handful of GNU ministers … Read more

Tinubu administration to release 42,000 metric tonnes of ‘assorted food commodities’

Tinubu administration to release 42,000 metric tonnes of ‘assorted food commodities’

The Tinubu administration through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is in the final stages of releasing 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities to support the vulnerable population across the country. The grains in seven locations of strategic reserve, are now being bagged for onward delivery to the National Emergency Management Agency … Read more