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2023: Gov Umahi tasks leaders to intensify fight against food insecurity


 

Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi on Tuesday tasked leaders of the six geopolitical zones to increase the fight against insecurity in food production.

Umahi, who is the chairman Southeast governors forum gave the charge in a statement signed and made available to journalists by his Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr Francis Nwaze in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital.

The Presidential aspirant said the country will be more peaceful, united and progressive if leaders prioritize food programmes, just as President Muhammadu Buhari did, especially, Agricultural interventions, which, according to him, has restored the nation’s dignity as a food hub of the world.

The statement read in part: “The food programme is also a programme for the oneness of this country, a programme for the unity and cohesion of this country. The movement of food across the various Local Government Areas entails the movement of people from one region to another.

“So, it creates greater harmony and greater peace and understanding and through this movement, marriages are made, friendships are made and so forth,” he said.

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