President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday named the governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Plateau, Lagos, Ebonyi and Delta States as members of the National Food Security Council.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, diaclosed this in a statement.

Shehu said the council, to be chaired by the president, would be inaugurated on Monday.

He said Buhari approved the constitution of the council's membership days after he announced the intention of the Federal Government to establish the council.

Other members are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and seven ministers.

The ministers are those of Agriculture and Rural Development; Finance; Interior; Industry, Trade and Investment; Water Resources; Environment; and Budget and National Planning.

Other members, the Chief of Defence Staff; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria; the Directors-General of the Department of State Services and the National Intelligence Agency as well as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service.

He listed the council's broad objectives as including developing sustainable solutions to the farmers–herdsmen clashes; climate change and desertification and their impact on farmland; grazing areas and lakes, rivers and other water bodies; oil spillage and its impact on Niger Delta fishing communities; piracy and banditry; agricultural research institutions and extension services and the problem of smuggling.

Shehu said the council would also take interest in regional and global policies and trends that bear implications for food security in Nigeria.

ManirBK:
No amount of propaganda will intimidate our support for PMB. At the end, our national treasury looters will have no hiding place!

westlius:

Ur brain need to be upgraded from analog to digital to think well.
what about the national treasures looted by his govt officers. or they are sent bcoz of they are APC card carrying member.
#BUHARI TO DUARA 2019#:

westlius:

Ur brain need to be upgraded from analog to digital to think well.
what about the national treasures looted by his govt officers. or they are sent bcoz of they are APC card carrying member.
#BUHARI TO DUARA 2019#:

ManirBK:
No amount of propaganda will intimidate our support for PMB. At the end, our national treasury looters will have no hiding place!

westlius:

Ur brain need to be upgraded from analog to digital to think well.
what about the national treasures looted by his govt officers. or they are sent bcoz of they are APC card carrying member.
#BUHARI TO DUARA 2019#:

ManirBK:
Only a blind man wont see improvement You and your type that didn't vote for him are tired of staying without looting, but the majority that voted for him are still with him, and they will votes for him again and again

lashout1:
Food security with the rate farmers are killed and their farms set ablaze.

Government policies should match up, personally I think there is a mismatch except they are referring to "BEEF SECURITY"

shedy03:
"the food basket of the nation" has been relegated to underground.

blackpanda:



So so true

Dont mind the useless frustrated wailers and children of hate

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If not for hateful politics by this government, why is the government of Benue state not represented. When you talk of agriculture in Nigeria, Benue state is number one. What is the Federal government playing at. It is like Trump calling for a technology summit and leaving out California because they are liberal and slag him pillar to post. Everything in this government is politicised and personally so. Just too bad.