FAO honours Nigeria, others for reducing hunger

FROM the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has come honour for Nigeria and 37 other nations for reducing the number of people living in absolute hunger in their countries by half, well ahead of international targets for the year 2015.

Nigeria was presented with diplomas for meeting the MDG-1 target by the FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, during a high-level ceremony attended by several heads of state.

The ceremony took place during the weeklong meeting of FAO’s highest governing body, the Conference in Rome.

In his remark, the FAO Director-General stated: “To each and every one of you, I want to say that you are living proof that when societies decide to put an end to hunger, and when there is political commitment from governments, we can transform that into concrete action and results.

“FAO is proud to work with all our member nations, developed and developing, to reach our common vision of a hunger-free and sustainable world.”

The Director-General pointed out that there were 928 days until the 2015 MDG deadline, but he urged countries to go beyond that and aim for the complete elimination of hunger.

“We are the first generation that can end hunger, which has plagued humanity since the birth of civilisation. Let’s seize this opportunity,” he said.

Other countries that also received diplomas for meeting the MDG-1 target include Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Jordan and Malawi.

Nigeria is getting there under GEJ, one step at a time.

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