"Its high time we stocked our barns with tubbers of yams, and our silos with grains, because there's food scarcity looming in the air. Since the recent devastation by flood of major farming settlements in the country, food production has reduced to an all-time low state, due to the washing away of several farmlands and existing crops. Its no surprise that this warning is coming at this time, Nigerians had better prepared for the coming scarcity as we hope and pray the rains stop coming down heavily, and the R.Niger stops over flowing its boundaries."
Courtesy : The Wordsmith.
Here's what the PDP has to say about it:
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday warned that, in no distant time, food scarcity would hit some parts of the country.
PDP in a communique issued by its National Publicity Secretary Chief Olisa Metuh, said Nigerians must know that flooding was a global phenomenon.
The statement reads in part: “PDP has commended the President for the firm and reassuring steps the Federal Government has taken to mitigate the impact of flooding across the states of the federation and
forestall further threat to the nation.
“The Party has also called on relevant government agencies and entire Nigerians to brace up for the challenge of food shortages which the impact of the flooding may likely occasion.
“Flood disasters are a global phenomenon but our peculiar challenges of development demand deeper insight and capacity which the President has demonstrated.
“We therefore commend him for the medium and long term measures being put in place to first ameliorate the suffering of the affected Nigerian communities as well as the steps already being taken to permanently put under check, the incidence of flooding in future.”
While appealing to the three arms of government as well as farmers to take measures in order to avoid the predicted food shortage, the party, however promised to work with all relevant agencies of government to map out plans in order to forestall possible food shortages arising from the flood.
Metu, on behalf of the Party, thanked president Goodluck Jonathan for the N17.6 bn approved for the emergency situation in the affected flood areas, and for setting up National Committee on Flood Relief
and Rehabilitation to further assist it in raising funds for what it called the “post impact rehabilitation of the affected victims.”
Source: Daily Post Nigeria.
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