Nigerian Leader Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the federal government will make available adequate food supply in the country, despite threats of scarcity occasioned by the recent flood disaster, which affected many States of the Federation.
He gave the assurance yesterday when the Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide led a delegation of FCT residents and clerics to pay Sallah homage to the president and Vice President Namadi Sambo at the Presidential Villa.
The President stated that the Federal Government had enough grains in the National Strategic Reserve, which would be released into the system.
He said: “Nigerians should not be afraid that there may be hunger in the land or shortage in food supply as a result of the food incident. We have enough grains in our strategic reserves.
The percentage of the farmlands that have been affected by the recent flood is not so high.
“We have enough grains in the National Strategic Reserves that we will release if the nation is threatened by food shortage. But we are not threatened.
The people hoarding grains are doing so at their own risks and not in the best interest of the country.”
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