The Minister of Agriculture; Mr Akinwumi Adesina says the Federal Government has initiated a post-flooding “food recovery production plan,” to make sure that Nigeria does not have a food crisis.
He was speaking before the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Rural Development during his ministry’s 2013 budget session.
He assured the lawmakers that Nigeria would not face a famine or have a food crisis.
The ministry of agriculture has a total budgetary proposal of 47.317 billion naira for the 2013 fiscal year, of which 40.243 billion naira, representing 85.13 per cent is allocated to capital projects.
