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A United Kingdom-based agriculturist, Olatunji Awodiran, has declared that Nigeria would have no need to import food if local farmers are given the necessary incentives.

Awodiran spoke on Thursday while addressing journalists in Ibadan.

Awodiran, who recently launched the first food bank project in Osun State, advised government at all levels to support local farmers with the necessary incentives in order to reduce food importation in the country

According to him, local farmers who are closer to the people should be provided with necessary facilities to produce food without any hindrances.

He also urged government to prioritize agriculture to ensure food security across the country.
“Nigeria does not need to import food if local farmers are encouraged. In the United Kingdom, the government always support the local farmers because they are the nearest to the people.

“So, what I think should be done is that the government should support the local farmers and give them support,” he said.


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🫢 Operation Feed the Nation....... Obasanjo how far?!

Story, Nigeria is an import oriented country.

which farmer? the farmer choking us all with inflated prices of food. You need to understand how many hundreds of billions of naira bUHARI THE disaster wasted on his brothers up north who are armchair rice farmers during his eight years of misrule

If government provides security and get rid of those Fulani terrorists!

Both the farmers and the government is a pain in the neck of Nigerians.