WORLD FOOD DAY: AIYEDATIWA AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO BOOSTING FOOD SECURITY
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WORLD FOOD DAY: AIYEDATIWA AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO BOOSTING FOOD SECURITY
The Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa has affirmed his commitment to the eradication of hunger in the state through adequate support and encouragement to smallholder farmers and big farmers in the state for enhanced food production.
The governor spoke through the Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Chief Olayato Aribo, at the year 2024 World Food Day celebration, held at the headquarters of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Alagbaka, Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Gov. Aiyedatiwa said World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger, where people around the world gather to declare commitment to put an end to hunger and promote food security.
He said this year’s theme is “Right to Foods for a better life and a better future,” stressing that the theme spotlights the importance of diversity, nutrition, affordability and accessibility to food state and quantity as well as safety and environmental sustainability of all agricultural value chains that promote food security.
According to a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity in the ministry, Sola Omoboyowa, the resource person, Alhaji Kunle Sanni, who spoke on the theme for this year’s celebration, “Right to Food, a Better Life, and a Better Future,” charged the state government to be more proactive in implementing its life-changing agricultural programmes.
Sanni, a retired permanent secretary, observed the need to give adequate support to farmers in areas such as developing a land allocation system, storage facilities for preservation, highly subsidized agro inputs, provision of enough tractors, market availability, post-harvest expansion, accessible roads for easy transportation, as well as developing strategies for management to encourage young farmers.
In his welcome address, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Chief Olayato Aribo, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Foluke Tunde-Daramola, reiterated that the ministry will continue to provide technical and advisory services, tractor hiring services, and farm inputs to boost agricultural production.
He called on farmers at the farm settlements to desist from encroachment and selling government land to avoid facing the full weight of the law.
Earlier in his speech, the Permanent Secretary, of Forestry/ Produce sub-sector of the Ministry, Mr. Olugbenga Akingbesote mni appreciated the governor for his efforts in agriculture, calling on the citizenry to engage in agriculture to tackle the food crisis and the hardships currently being experienced.
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