We Will Not Import Food, Tinubu Declares Amid Hunger

Tinubu has declared that his administration will not import food despite the rising hunger ravaging Nigerians insisting that his administration is deploying resources to critical sectors to significantly impact the welfare of Nigerians.

We Will Not Import Food, Tinubu Declares Amid Hunger

He made the commitment at a meeting with the Forum of State Chairmen of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) led by its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, at the State House on Friday in Abuja.

Tinubu assured that the government was working round the clock to improve the living conditions of all Nigerians.

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“He called on leaders at the grassroots to encourage citizens to get their National Identification Number for planning, structured interventions and full integration into government relief programmes.

“Some are poor Nigerians who have not experienced formal education and have no understanding of what NIN is and how it will benefit their lives. We must teach them. We must care for them.

“We will not continue to import food. We know how to turn lack into abundance, and the world will watch us do it again,’’ he added.