Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, says there is hope Nigerians will have a country devoid of hunger and malnutrition.
Ganduje spoke on Monday, in Kano at the zonal consultation workshop on the development of an implementation strategy for food systems transformation pathways.
The governor, represented by Usman Alhaji, secretary to the Kano government, said the implementation strategy would enable the country to achieve food security.
“It gives me hope that one day we will have a country devoid of hunger and malnutrition,” the governor said.
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“This implementation pathways consultative workshop will lead the country towards a sustainable national food system, improve food security, and reduce hunger and prevalence of malnutrition all in line with the national food and nutrition policy for Nigeria.”
Also speaking, Ernest Umakhihe, permanent secretary, federal ministry of agriculture and rural development, said good security is a vital element of survival.
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Umakhihe who was represented by Sugra Mahmood, the ministry’s director of irrigation agriculture and crop development, said the food systems transformation agenda is not the programme of the federal government alone
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