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LAGOS STATE- A Non-Agricultural State planning future for food Security in the State. Governor @jidesanwoolu did the Groundbreaking of this massive project on the 24th August, 2022.

We call it the Central Food Security Systems and Logistics Hub located at Ketu-Ereyun, Epe, Lagos.

The Plan is to have several Food Hubs like the one in Idi-Oro Mushin in practically all LGAs and they will be getting their supply from the main Hub below.

This Project is ONGOING as you can see.

..at the Lagos Food logistics hub site in Ketu Ereyun, Epe, to inspect work progress. Infrastructure mapping ongoing. Lagos food systems on the move!!!
#GrowIn9jaMadeIn9ja

We have received some of the Bulletproof Security Vehicles we procured in our determination to end insecurity and Tractors for Farming towards Food Security, and I inspected them accordingly.

“I’m not an advocate of handouts or palliatives, I don’t believe in it. So it is high time we tell ourselves the basic truth. We need to feed ourselves. The next award you will give me is the largest producer of food in 2024.

FG is rolling out 45,000 metric tons of grains to Nigerians, But I can assure you in June, only my state will give out 100,000 metric tons of grains this year.”

- Gov. Muhammed Bago.

“I’m not an advocate of handouts or palliatives, I don’t believe in it. So it is high time we tell ourselves the basic truth. We need to feed ourselves. The next award you will give me is the largest producer of food in 2024. 👏🏽
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— Ainà Dipo 🇳🇬 (@dipoaina1) March 6, 2024

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Niger State counterpart, Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Produce-For-Lagos initiative.

The Produce-For-Lagos initiative is a long term strategic partnership between Niger and Lagos States, where Niger will produce food items (Paddy, Tubers, Legumes, Grains etc) and Lagos State will be the off taker.

The Farmers in Niger State will have a ready market for their produce while Lagos State citizens can be assured of availability and price stability of food items.

In the Long term, this initiative will create a ready supply of farm produce directly to the ongoing massive Lagos Food logistics in Ketu Ereyun, Epe.

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Nigeria’s top Bayero University, #Kano, confers honorary degree on @AfDB_Group President @akin_adesina, for his exceptional contributions to education and youth development in the country and across #Africa.

TOMORROW: @AfDB_Group Pres. @akin_adesina to receive the prestigious #ObafemiAwolowoPrize for Leadership at an awards ceremony in Lagos.

Adesina, the 4th recipient after Afe Babalola, Wole Soyinka and Thabo Mbeki, will deliver the keynote lecture:

I have arrived in Lagos, Nigeria to show my unwavering support for my brother, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, the esteemed President of the African Development Bank Group. Tomorrow, on the 6th of March 2024, he will be awarded the highly acclaimed Obafemi Alowolo Prize for his exceptional leadership skills. #AfricaWeAreOne

FG Needs To Communicate Whether Subsidy Has Returned Or Not — Obanikoro

Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, says the Federal Government may be filling the widening gap between the United States’ dollar and Nigeria’s naira in the final price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol.

Obanikoro, a former lawmaker who represented Lagos Central Senatorial District from 2003 to 2007, was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday.

According to the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, the Federal Government should be transparent and communicate whether subsidy has returned or not.

President Bola Tinubu had in his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023 declared an end to the petrol subsidy era, with the essential commodity jumping from around N184 to over N600, depending on the part of the country.

The new administration also collapsed the foreign exchange rate with the naira plunging to an all-time low from about $1/N700 last May to over $1/1500 at the moment.

Many stakeholders in the downstream sector, especially those involved in the marketing and distribution of petroleum products had lamented that the wobbling value of the naira against the dollar grossly affects the pump price of the product. Some of them had embarked on strikes and threatened to hike the price of the commodity.

Recently, the World Bank and the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited, Robert Dickerman, claimed that the Federal Government is still paying subsidy for the product.

This week, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, challenged the Federal Government to “without any further delay, confirm or deny the serious allegation and end the opacity surrounding the importation of fuel from foreign countries”.

Asked whether subsidy had returned on petrol or not, Obanikoro said, “You talk about subsidy, Mr Falana knows the price of crude in dollars and if our money, the naira has lost so much value, and crude is dollarised, evidently, there must be a cushion somewhere and to what extent is that cushion being done, I can’t speak to that; it’s somebody who is representing the government that can address that.

“But my common sense tells me that there is a gap and because of the pain in the country, the government cannot allow that lacuna to be left unfilled, hence government may chip in some amount of money to fill in that gap.

“I do believe that that needs to be communicated, no doubt about that. That is why it is important to take the people along step by step “