President Muhammadu Buhari on
Monday admitted that Nigeria has been turbulent since he came on board in 2015.
He said this on Monday while
inaugurating the National Food Security Council at the presidential villa,
Abuja.
“Nigeria’s journey in the last
three years has been a very turbulent one,” he said, adding: “The country’s
need for critical job-creating sectors which has been ignored for decades is
now beginning to yield results.”
Buhari said the council would
continuously assess and enhance the various social investment and agricultural
programmes put in place by his administration to achieve their full potential.
“We shall also develop new
programmes and projects that will protect and indeed, create more jobs in farming,
fisheries, animal husbandry and forestry,” he said.
“We will also not lose sight of
the other issues that will impact our food production ambitions such as;
population growth, ubanisation, industrialisation, rural infrastructure
development and climate change.”
The president added that his
administration introduced numerous programmes that would transform the lives of
“millions of Nigerians”.
He said: “We introduced the
national social investment programmes targeting millions of Nigerians who are
living from hand to mouth. We launched agricultural programmes focusing on
import substitution, job creation and rural development thereby bringing
socio-economic transformation to the millions of citizens living in some of the
most remote rural parts of our country.
“We commenced the long-term
pollution remediation projects in the Niger Delta with the hope of restoring
dignity and normalcy to the millions of Nigerians impacted by decades of
pollution in their communities.
“We intensified our participation
in the Lake Chad Basin Commission with the goal of reversing the shrinkage of
the lake, which impacts the livelihoods of over 45 million farmers, herdsmen
and fishermen in the LCBC countries.
W“e issued the first ever green
bond that will act as a catalyst for investments in renewable energy and
afforestation projects. This was oversubscribed, sharing market confidence in
the country and our government.
“We established the agro rangers
unit within the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to protect the
billions of naira of investments recorded in Nigeria’s agricultural sector
across the country.”
Buhari said bearing in mind “the
journey is long”, it is the council’s duty to ensure that the positive impacts
of these programmes are “sustained, improved and expanded.”
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