The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Tuesday pledged its commitment to ensuring Nigerians get quality and safe food. The Acting Executive Vice Chairman (FCCPC) Dr Adamu Abdullahi, stated this during a one-day sensitisation programme on the forceful ripening of fruits, adulterated palm oil, contaminated meat and grains organised for traders, farmers, artisans…
President Bola Tinubu has created a new ministry. It is known as the Ministry of Livestock Development. The new ministry was created to address the age-long conflict between criminal herders and farmers in different parts of the country. This was made known by the president, while inaugurating the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms at the…
President Bola Tinubu may soon cut the importation of meat into the country by about 50 percent. The objective is to encourage increase in economic activities in the county, boost revenue, and address food insecurity, as well as stem greenhouse gas emissions. The plan to reduce reliance on imported meat was highlighted during a key…
There are indications that efforts of governments in the world to force down the prices of food items are yielding fruits. This is evident in the latest report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). It stated in its good prices index which tracks monthly changes in international prices of food-traded commodities. The report sighted…
The Abia State Government, through the Commissioner for Information and Culture Prince Okey, has announced the prescription of street trading in the state. The decision was taken to address the spate of insecurity and vandalism activities in public schools. Okay while briefing journalists in the state capital, Umuahia, after the State executive council meeting urged…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) and the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) are in talks for partnerships to harness opportunities locked in the agricultural sector to boost food security. The Minister FMAFS, Senator Abubakar Kyari disclosed this when the NSE President, Mrs Margaret Oguntala, led a delegation to his office in…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted 7,580 cartons of unhealthy frozen poultry products worth N424 million in the first six month of 2024. The Customs Area Comptroller in charge of the command, Babatunde Olomu, disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Apapa, Lagos. Olomu said the command generated N1.02tn worth…
Commendations have started flowing in for the decision of the federal government to suspend import duties on some food items brought into the country. The first, and perhaps very important of such, came from the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (NACCIMA). A statement by the president of NACCIMA, Mr. Dele…
The concern over declining growth in fish farming and its attendant effects on food security and nutrition is a global challenge. Stakeholders have, therefore, been looking for a way out of the problem from a global perspective. This is the focus of the latest meeting on the world stage holding in Rome. The meeting, which…
There are indications that the prices of food items that have been going up since last year may nose dive soon. This follows a bold step by the federal government on Monday to prioritise a crash in the prices of food items above revenue drive. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), on…
