Buhari’s agricultural programmes have ensured food security for Nigeria – Izunaso

A former National Organising Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Osita Izunaso has lauded the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari in the agricultural sector.

He stated this in Abuja when he was called to bar.

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The APC chieftain said the numerous policies and programmes in the sector have ensured that the country achieves self sufficiency in food supply for Nigerians.

According to Izunaso, the achievements which he listed as numerous, have also helped Nigeria save a lot of scarce foreign exchange which would have gone into food importation.

“I am particularly delighted that the current APC-led administration has done so remarkably well in the agricultural sector and the achievements are there for people to see,” he said.

Izunaso also carpeted past governments for not showing enough passion and zeal for the development and growth of the sector the way the Buhari’s administration has done.

Apart from the conservation of foreign currency, he listed some of the strides that have been recorded in the sector to include employment generation and expansion of local capacity in the agricultural value chain.

“What is also of great joy to me is that youth in the country have come to see the potentials in agriculture as a veritable avenue for employment generation,” he said.

The APC stalwart described the numerous incentives and supports that have been extended to the farmers by government as  laudable.