OPINION: Need for coherency, continuity in food system

For any policy driver to come up with this shows that they are not in firm control of what is happening in the Agriculture space or they are hell bent on defrauding the food system from the onset.

The NASS is at this point called upon to summon a stakeholder hearing to appraise this matter.

At the end of this hearing the government should be advised to reappraise the performance of the drivers of Agriculture in Nigeria.

The issues bordering on the food system leading to food security are germane especially during and after the COVID-19 pandemic that has terribly impacted the health and economic sectors of the Nation.

While we applaud the efforts and concern of President Buhari on the promotion of Agriculture for food security and National development it will be unpatriotic to keep quiet in the face of this obtuse and reductive appraisal of an integral component of the National Food System.

We call on the Administration to quickly evolve a directorate to take charge of the attainment of food security in Nigeria at the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic to avert food shortage that can lead to the collapse of the whole governance system of our dear country.

Arc Kabir Ibrahim is the National President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria(AFAN).