I Will Address Food Security In The Country – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to support My Food Bank programme, an initiative of young Nigerians to address the problem of food security in the country.

Buhari made the pledge during the official launch of the programme and activation of the first one million food bank smart cards and Farm City Project, on Friday in Abuja.

Represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters, Prof. Adamu Usman, Buhari said that hunger and poverty was the major challenges the nation was facing.

According to him, there is urgent need to address the problem of hunger and poverty in the country and that is why we have encouraged everybody to go back to farm.

“We are aware of this and the government is committed to supporting this programme because it is noble,” he said.

The National Chairman, My Food Bank Programme, Dr Adamu Biu, said the idea behind the programme was to assist the government in its effort to fight corruption, insecurity and poverty.

Biu said the programme was aimed at creating avenue for millions of Nigerians to have access to affordable and free food in any part of the country.

He said the programme would also create employment for young Nigerians and local farmers through its Food City Project.

According to him, the first one million my food bank smart cards have been released for people to use for accessing cheap and affordable food.

“We are getting support from both the national government and international donors who are funding the programme as well as well meaning Nigerians.

“It is a response to the call by Mr President that we need to address the problem of poverty and hunger.

“It is our desire that every Nigerian have access to food irrespective of their location and social standing in order to eliminate hunger because when you end hunger you have solved the problem,” he said.