Committee has been set up to tackle hunger – Kashim Shettima discloses

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The Nigerian economy is so down that things are really cost, and Nigerians are protesting every day for a change the federal government promise.

To provide a lasting solution to the food security crisis in the country, the Nigerian government has inaugurated the Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit with the sole aim of providing stability.

Vice President Kashim Shettima’s media aide, Stanley Nkwocha made this revelation in a statement on Friday after the VP inaugurated the Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit (PFSCU) at the request of President Bola Tinubu.

Shettima bemoaned the rising cost of food items and acknowledged that Nigeria is going through a rare food security crisis that urgently requires the ideas and resources of stakeholders.

He said.

“The nation is facing a rare food security crisis and the sooner we come to terms with the reality, the better.

“Food insecurity endangers the very basis of our democratic experiment and this is why all hands have to be on deck.

We are in a food security crisis but it also provides us the opportunity to re-engineer and reposition the nation on a firmer footing”.

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