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09:17, May 21, 2008 |
Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua has said the federal government is taking measures to ensure massive agricultural production to tackle the food crisis in the country.
"Food security in the next few years would be guaranteed, while prices of goods would also be guaranteed for the farmers to encourage them to produce more food," he said Monday. Yar'Adua also said that the federal government would sanction any breach of peace and security in the country adding that his administration was vigorously pursuing its seven-point agenda to improve the lot of Nigerians.
"Any breach of law would be properly sanctioned as the Federal Government is laying a solid foundation for the solutions of the basic problems facing Nigerians," he said.
According to Yar'Adua, agriculture as one of the key areas is being given the desired attention to ensure adequate food security for the sustainable economic growth.
Yar'Adua disclosed this in Sokoto, the capital city of Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto State.
He said the success of any government's policies and programs should be aimed at giving the right leadership that would bequeath positive legacies.
He noted that the federal government was evolving a new policy direction to encourage large scale farming to boost the production of food and cash crops with a view to sustaining pricing policy that would boost high productivity of farmers.
Source:Xinhua
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