President Bola Tinubu has directed a Federal Executive Council (FEC) committee to immediate take practical steps that will ensure reducing food prices nationwide. Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, made the disclosure yesterday during a capacity-building workshop for Senate correspondents in Abuja.
According to the minister, the directive focuses on securing safe passage for farm produce across transport routes to ease logistics costs.
Abdullahi said, “The president has given a matching order with a Federal Executive Council committee already handling how to promote safe passage of agricultural foods and commodities across our various routes in the country.”
He enjoined them to aligns with Tinubu’s broader vision of food sovereignty, which goes beyond ensuring availability to guarantee affordability, accessibility, and nutrition on a sustainable basis, but to see it as an all encompassing leadership style.
He added that the administration is also preparing to launch a Farmer Soil Health Scheme to boost productivity, alongside a revamped cooperative reform initiative to mobilise resources and empower rural farmers.
“Mr. President has shown tremendous interest in the cooperative sector as a veritable tool for resource mobilisation, economic activity generation, and improving the livelihood of members,” Abdullahi concluded.