Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has
declared that achieving food security through agricultural development is
among the topmost agendas of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s eight-point
agenda. The minister who said this also affirmed that all the programmes
on the agenda are connected to agriculture.
Kyari made this known at the launch of the Kaura Agricultural Development
and Growth Agenda (KADAGE) in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi
State.
He said that President Bola Tinubu is committed to improving agriculture
and attaining food security in the country, explaining that the president has
made food security number one item in his 8-point-agenda through
improvement of agricultural production.
He said, “All programmes on the agenda are connected to agriculture, such
as wealth creation and poverty eradication. The president is concerned
about the capacity of farmers to acquire agricultural inputs and has now
begun a process to accelerate access to such inputs by farmers.”
Kyari informed the gathering that the Governor of Kebbi State, Dr. Nasir
Idris, was at his ministry in Abuja to discuss ways of improving agricultural
production in the state.
“Through Gov. Idris’ actions, he has ‘walked the talk’ by procuring and
distributing 6,000 solar powered water pumps and other inputs to boost
irrigation farming in the state,” he said.
Kyari observed that year-round farming would boost crop cultivation,
increase job opportunities, reduce poverty, de-escalate food inflation and
enhance inclusivity.
“These are goals highlighted in President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Kebbi is one of the states chosen for dry season farming,” he said.
The minister commended the governor for his supportive intervention in line
with the call by President Tinubu for collaboration between the federal and
state governments to ensure availability of agricultural inputs to farmers to
accelerate the attainment of food security.
Dr. Nasir Idris, Governor of Kebbi State, during the distribution of the farm
inputs pledged that his administration would distribute 12,000 solar
powered water pumps, commencing with the 6,000 distributed to farmers
for them to increase yields.
