The member representing Anambra East Constituency in the 8th Assembly Hon. Obi Nweke has called on the federal government to device a means of ensuring food security in Nigeria, as food inflation bites harder nationwide.
Hon. Nweke who is the Anambra State House of Assembly Chairman Committee on petition while speaking to newsmen at his country home, Igbariam, said that the measure has become imperative due to the food inflation in the country at the moment, which has made basic food items unaffordable by most of the citizens.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that the Hon. Nweke equally urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to synergize with the Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to make sure that the potential 2024 flood will not adversely affect any resident of Anambra, especially those in the flood prone local governments, including Anambra East.
The Lawmaker maintained that food inflation has brought an untold hardship to average Nigerians, thereby reducing their purchasing power among numerous other economic challenges.
According to Nweke who is a also legal practitioner, the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government must as a matter of urgent national importance, restrategize to save nigerians from dying in hunger, ensure the safety of farmers especially those in northern Nigeria, where bandits and terrorists have made life unbearable for them.
Hon. Nweke further advised federal government to redouble efforts to ensure that this year’s flood does not negatively affect farmers in the riverine area’s in the country and as such, aggravating the food scarcity in Nigeria.
He commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration for making sure that food inflation in Anambra is the lowest in the southeast region, and one of the lowest in the country, urging him not to relent.
