The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the unique
intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan in agriculture has placed
Nigeria on the sure path to food sufficiency, adding that the president
has delivered on the critical sector.
National publicity secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh in a statement yesterday, said President Jonathan has strategically re-engineered the sector that has direct impact on the welfare of the citizens in line with the manifesto of the PDP and its avowed commitment to uplifting the living standard of all Nigerians.
“In the last four years, the Jonathan administration repositioned agriculture from the traditional subsistence occupation to an investment-driven, wealth-creating sector that guarantees food security in the country.
“Under President Jonathan, our country has through strategic partnership with the private sector, expanded food production by an additional 21million metric tons between 2011 and 2014, a record exceeding the nation’s set target of 20million metric tons set for 2015.
“Between 2013 and July 2014, the nation’s food import bill declined by USD5.3 billion and is still falling, even with our increasing population. Within the same period, additional nine million metric tons of food has been produced, while over 2.7 million farm jobs have been created. With all these, Nigeria now ranks as one of the biggest food producers in Africa”.
National publicity secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh in a statement yesterday, said President Jonathan has strategically re-engineered the sector that has direct impact on the welfare of the citizens in line with the manifesto of the PDP and its avowed commitment to uplifting the living standard of all Nigerians.
“In the last four years, the Jonathan administration repositioned agriculture from the traditional subsistence occupation to an investment-driven, wealth-creating sector that guarantees food security in the country.
“Under President Jonathan, our country has through strategic partnership with the private sector, expanded food production by an additional 21million metric tons between 2011 and 2014, a record exceeding the nation’s set target of 20million metric tons set for 2015.
“Between 2013 and July 2014, the nation’s food import bill declined by USD5.3 billion and is still falling, even with our increasing population. Within the same period, additional nine million metric tons of food has been produced, while over 2.7 million farm jobs have been created. With all these, Nigeria now ranks as one of the biggest food producers in Africa”.
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