President Tinubu has said his government has drawn up a blueprint for large-scale livestock farming which will be activated soon.
The President stated this while addressing the State Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday in Abuja.
He said, “we are bringing mechanized farming to the fore. Yesterday’s crisis will become today’s opportunity. Fertilizers are being supplied to farmers as we speak.
“Agriculture and economic diversification provide the answers to our problems. We will not continue to import food.
“We know how to turn lack into abundance, and the world will watch us do it again,’’ the President said.
Recall, that President Tinubu during the flag-off of the Agricultural Mechanization Program in Niger State on Monday asked the state governors to provide lands for cattle rearing so as to banish hunger from the country.
He said, “I know what it means as an economic sabotage for roaming cows to eat up the crops and vegetation of our lands; it could be painful but when we re-orientate the herders and make provision for cattle rearing, the problems will be solved.
“The Governors should provide the lands and I as the President, am committed to giving you a comprehensive programme that will solve this problem towards banishing hunger from the land”, Tinubu said.
He told the APC leaders that his administration was deploying resources to critical sectors and areas with significant impact on the welfare of Nigerians, adding that his government was working round the clock to improve the living conditions of Nigerians.
He urged the APC leaders at the grassroots level to encourage citizens to get their National Identification Number (NIN) for planning to achieve their full integration into various relief programmes.
“Without NIN, we cannot embark on social security interventions for the vulnerable. We will be making faulty moves without accurate data and iron-clad, digital intervention structures. I have established a committee of governors, and it is headed by the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima. It is working on what must be done to further lift our people”, he said.
Tinubu said, “the programme of his government will be truly progressive; student loans, a national consumer credit system, and social welfare for the unemployed, as well as graduates.
“Every Nigerian will find a place of belonging in our country. In the eye of even the biggest hurricane, we will find that place of tranquility and prosperous harmony for the benefit of all. Nigerians will all partake on this national journey to prosperity”, he assures.
He said, the party members should not wait for an appointment before bringing good governance and exemplary civic engagement to the doors of Nigerians.
The President said, “as we are fighting corruption, smugglers, and old subsidy beneficiaries, they most certainly will fight back. All those who falsified records and became losers with the subsidy (on petroleum products) removal, will fight back.
“But we will defend our people. The treasury belongs to the people, and that sacred trust must not be abused”, he noted.
