This report has The PunchNigerian news agency.
The Permanent Secretary for Budget and Planning, Nebolisa Anako, announced this at the ongoing workshop in Abuja on creating an implementation strategy for Nigeria’s Food System Transformation Pathway, according to a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Olude Omolade.
Anako, represented by Zakari Lawani, Director of National Monitoring and Evaluation, defined the program as a call to action to make progress in addressing the problems of poverty, hunger, malnutrition, disease, unemployment, conflict, and changing weather patterns.
“Suffice it to say that food insecurity and malnutrition as well as the impact of climate change lead to lower incomes and higher food prices,” Just noted.
“This has really put food out of reach for the masses and undermined the right to food, thereby hindering efforts to meet Sustainable Development that emphasizes ‘zero hunger,'” Permanent Secretary Budget and Planning, added.
According to PUNCH, this statement is consistent with the latest report of the National Bureau of Statistics, which found that the increase in the cost of bread, cereals, rent, potatoes, yams, tubers, vegetables, and meat caused inflation to rise. February.
A statement by the National Bureau of Statistics read in part, “The contribution of items on a class basis to increase the headline inflation index is shown, as follows: bread and cereals (21.67%), real rent and imput (7.74%, potatoes, yams and other tubers (6.06%), vegetables (5.44%), and meat (4.78%).
Anako added that Nigeria started the food system dialogue in January 2021 in response to the UN Secretary General’s call for countries to look deep and organize various levels of dialogue to identify problems and challenges around the food system and develop innovative and sustainable plans to end them. hunger and all forms of malnutrition in line with the SDGs.
It then issued a call to action for 2022, asking all relevant parties, including governments at all levels and development organizations, to support the implementation of all priority actions, mobilize other resources, and track progress.
“It is important to note that this workshop is an opportunity to review and approve the basic principles and main objectives of the implementation strategy, complete governance and coordination, create a monitoring and evaluation framework for the implementation of all 78 priority actions. as well as to validate the 2023 action plan,” Anako stated.