Following the massive high yields of farm products in the last three years of the present administration of President Ahmed Tinubu the Senate Committee Chairman on Information and National Orientation, Sen Ken Eze, on Monday called for more intervention in agriculture to boost food security adding that the agricultural polices is yeilding the needed results.
Speaking to journaliststs after the flagging of the distribution of over 10000 bags of fertilizers to his senatorial zone he noted that before coming of the present administration you will agree with me that there is food insecurity, people are hungry.
“You will agree with me that we have food insecurity in the country when we came and that prompted Mr. President to embark on an aggressive agricultural revolution that we have now which boosted more food production” he said.
He noted that with all these government interventions have drastically reduced scarcity of food in the market adding that the prices of food in the market are reducing, unlike what we have before.
He further commended Governor Francis Nwifuru for providing enabling environment in the state through adding that it has helped in boosting farming in the state.
He encouraged young people to return to farm noting that it will not only increase availability of food, create employment but we reduce over dependent of people on on government.
He further explained that similar intervention from government to farmers in previous years had improved farm produce and led to the reduction in prices of food in the market.
The federal lawmaker said the agricultural intervention was to support the federal government Renewed Hope Agenda adding that this is one of the events we have mapped out to support the government of the federal government under the Renewed Hope project on agriculture.
“And that is what we have decided to do today in my own constituency as the senator representing Ebonyi Central senatorial zone to ensure that I encourage my constituents to go to farm and to aid them because most of them may not be able to afford the fertilizer”.
“There were absolute food scarcity in the market when we came on board that even if you go to the market you won’t see food to buy. But with the effort of the present government there’s a lot of improvement in the farm produce”.
“You can see that the masses have more to take to farm because our interventions have help in the yield they will get, because when you apply fertilizer you will find out that you get a better yield”.
“We have witnessed more food in the market today. People can feed better and we can see food in the market now. Prices of foods are going down”, he attested.
Speaking the Former Member of the House of Representatives, Hon Lazarus Ogbe commended Senator Eze for his outstanding five star performance and the effective representation stressing that he has continued to bequeath the people of Ebonyi Central Senatorial District since his assumption of office.
Guardian gathered that the four local government area that made up his senatorial zone are Ezza North, Ezza South, Ikwo and Ishielu Local Government Areas were present.