February 20, 2024 NewsOrient
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that Nigerians have no business being poor.

He said this on Tuesday, while responding to the current food crisis in Nigeria and the attendant suffering and hardship.

He said Nigeria must strive to attain food security.

Shettima said these at the Presidential Villa in Abuja during the first meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) for the year 2024.

“We have no business being poor. Nigeria must attain national food security. Let us leverage science and technology. There are three or four states that can feed the whole of this country,” Shettima was quoted as saying in a statement by his media aide, Stanley Nkwocha.

The Vice President also disclosed Federal Government’s plans to recapitalize and restructure the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) to bolster Nigeria’s agricultural sector and achieve national food security.

Shettima expressed concern about the bank’s current practices, particularly its tendency to disburse unsustainable loans.

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~ NewsOrient