executive plans buy-again from farmers to boost food security - Guardian

Audu Ogbeh, Minister for Agriculture and Rural development

• 'seven hundred trailer plenty of grains leave Nigeria daily'

The Federal executive has disclosed plans to begin purchase-back from farmers at a guaranteed minimum cost, to investigate rising fees of meals objects out there.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural building, Audu Ogbeh, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja talked about that on a daily groundwork, 700 trailer a whole lot of grains left Nigerian markets for Mali, Mauritania, Niger Republic, Chad, and the principal Africa Republic.

Ogbeh explained that with the devaluation of the naira, it was more affordable to purchase from the Nigerian markets and sell in different neighbouring international locations.

To stay away from hunger, the govt has begun purchasing and storing grains in silos with a plan to liberate them by way of February when farmers can also have exhausted their inventory.

"we're buying loads of grains now as a result of there's a surplus harvest in lots of states, together with Kebbi, Niger Zamfara and Anambra. We also assure a minimal expense that should be announced almost immediately, as a result of up to seven-hundred trucks each day are leaving Nigeria with grains heading for Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad and the critical Africa Republic. time-honored, every thing goes there.

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