ActionAid urges better publicity for food security
The Nigerian media has a major role to
play in enlightening farmers on how to achieve food security, Constance
Okeke, a Programme Officer at ActionAid Nigeria, has said.
In an interview in Abuja on Wednesday,
Ms Okeke noted that the media should be responsible for “disseminating
the right information on food security to Nigerian farmers. When the
Nigerian farmer is aware of what is happening, he will know the right
thing to do.”
She stressed that the underlying
principle of the “The Right to Food” programme launched by Actionaid
Nigeria two years ago was to underscore the right of every Nigerian,
including women and children, to be free from hunger.
According to her, efforts are currently ongoing to create the necessary awareness about the programme at the community level.
“We feel that we cannot achieve
anything if the awareness has not reached the right people who are the
farmers and who are the beneficiaries of the programme,” she said.
Ms Okeke said ActionAid officials had
visited the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to inform him
about the programme.
On her assessment of the programme, she said “For us in ActionAid,
the success of the programme will depend on when Nigerian farmers are
able to request for their right from the Federal Government.” </
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