[size=17pt]Nigeria may experience food scarcity next year – Ortom[/size]



Article via link from Beegeagles blog twiter to: https://www.today.ng/news/national/100147/nigeria-may-experience-food-scarcity-next-year-ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has warned that Nigeria may be headed for food scarcity next year unless the federal government takes a drastic measure against the prevailing insecurity in the state, asserting that the Benue people are predominantly farmers for which the state is reputed as the food basket of the nation.

Ortom spoke yesterday during the visit of the wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camp in Makurdi, the Benue state capital.

He warned that the drop in oil prices at the international market had left the country and the state with no other option than to boost agriculture for the survival of the economy, but that the nation risks starvation if the activities of the strange herdsmen are not checked.
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“The various IDP camps indicate that we are under siege in Benue. The destruction in the state is more than the insurgency in the North-east and if the federal government does not rise to stop this insurgency, there will be no food in Nigeria next year,” he said.

The Governor went on to claim that the herdsmen terrorising many local government areas of the state were foreigners from Niger, Mali, Chad, Ghana and Senegal among others, and not the normal Fulani herdsmen who had lived peaceful with citizens of the state.

CHAD, Niger and to some extent Cameroon rely on food security in Nigeria. Appropriately ten years ago, there was mass starvation in some of these nations when Nigeria horded food due to drought in the Sahel and economic downturn. Nigeria bought up all the grain causing great scarcity.

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The Governor went on to claim that the herdsmen terrorizing many local government areas of the state were foreigners from Niger, Mali, Chad, Ghana and Senegal among others, and not the normal Fulani herdsmen who had lived peaceful with citizens of the state.


Like i keep on harping: Nigeria needs to watch her borders. No border security, no future for Nigeria.

Hmm... Other States should invest more into the Agriculture sector. The FG also should invest more into Agriculture, this is the time to really diversify if they really mean their diversification cry.

food scarcity koooh............make una no dey bobo us jare,,,,,,,abi una wan go kill all the ADAMU'S for farm?

Everyone Beware: These is an attempt by Western countries to get Nigerians to open their borders to the newly proposed Genetically Modified Food. According to Rockefellar and Clintion, it will help eleviate poverty and hunger in Africa. How did rockefellar suddenly become interested in Africa. Please do not allow the importation or regularization of GMOs in Africa. We do not want it.

very true. only food merchants will know. wukari, zackibiam and other markets in benue and taraba are fast closing up and food prices are on the increase

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Everyone Beware: These is an attempt by Western countries to get Nigerians to open their borders to the newly proposed Genetically Modified Food. According to Rockefellar and Clintion, it will help eleviate poverty and hunger in Africa. How did rockefellar suddenly become interested in Africa. Please do not allow the importation or regularization of GMOs in Africa. We do not want it.

Monsanto GM soy and corn are causing serious havoc in developing world and the US as well....we don't need them.

Choi we don die o

Is all about change