The Presidency has inaugurated the Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit (PFSCU) saddled with the responsibility of finding a solution to the food security crisis and the rising cost of food items in the country.
The unit which will be chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima comprises some state governors, representatives of local governments, development partners, and other critical stakeholders. The group is to coordinate all agricultural activities in Nigeria.
Inaugurating the unit at the behest of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, Shettima said Nigeria is facing a rare food security crisis that urgently requires the ideas and resources of stakeholders.
“The nation is facing a rare food security crisis and the sooner we come to terms with the reality, the better,” Shettima’s spokesman Stanley Nkwocha quoted his principal as saying.
“Food insecurity endangers the very basis of our democratic experiment and this is why all hands have to be on deck. We are in a food security crisis but it also provides us the opportunity to re-engineer and reposition the nation on a firmer footing”.
