President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he will crash rising food prices in the country, as he has directed key government and security agencies to find lasting solutions to the disruptive and unpatriotic activities of middlemen and hoarders of food items.
This was part of what the President disclosed in his 61st Independent live broadcast on Friday in Abuja.
The President said the directive, was aimed at crashing the prices of food items and subsequently reducing the hardships being faced by citizens.
The President
stated that the agricultural sector remains key to the economic diversification efforts as the sector has been a consistent driver of the non-oil sector, contributing 22.35 per cent and 23.78 per cent to overall GDP in the first and second quarters of 2021.
The president’s also mentioned his administration’s resolve to ensure peaceful co-existence among the diverse ethnic groups, security, transportation, agriculture as well as ongoing transformation programmes of the Federal Government, among others.
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