The Presidency says the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is in the final stages of releasing 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities to support the vulnerable population across the country.
Special Adviser to the President on Information And Strategy, Bayo Onanuga says the grains which are in seven locations of strategic reserve, are now being bagged for onward delivery to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. The need to bag the grains, caused the delay as the bags were freshly ordered by government.
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Onanuga says Nigerians will not need to pay for the grain bags, as they are free. And “This will be complemented by the 60,000 metric tonnes of milled rice to be purchased by the Federal Government from the Mega Rice Millers. “
He added that the Federal Government is also ramping up food production by boosting Dry Season Farming under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro-Pocket, NAGS-AP Project .
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
