Moved by the need to enhance affordability of food prices across country, the Buhari administration has constituted a Presidential Task Force to urgently consider measures that would ensure a steady flow of produce to the market and reverse recent price increases.
Giving the directive Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council meeting, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, expressed concern at some of the inflationary rates of food prices, noting that the Task Force will explore options to promote availability and affordability of food items to Nigerians.
According to him, the Task Force, which has seven days from Wednesday to report back to the Council, will consider how to remove some of the cost-raising factors that come into play between the farms and the markets and therefore “bring relief to our people.”
While there have been reports of bumper harvests in parts of the country, the prices of food stuff still end up rather high, while some of the produce even end up wasted due to a number of reasons preventing effective transportation delivery to the markets.
One of the focus areas of the Task Force, the Ag. President noted, would be to review the transportation and preservation processes, and see how government can intervene in those aspects to bring down food prices.
The Task Force, which would be meeting with the Ag. President in the discharge of its urgent assignment, will therefore draw out a practical plan and present same to the Council next week.
Members of the Task Force include the following:
Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh
Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun
Minister of Industry, Trade & Development, Dr. Okey Enelamah
Minister of Transportation, Honorable Rotimi Amaechi
Minister for Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu
Minister of Labour & Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige
The Offices of the Chief of Staff to the President and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, would also be on the Task Force.
Courtesy: NIGERIAN EYE
That’s a good step. They should be fast because people are really suffering
Every promise of Buhari and APC for change has turned into dashed hopes..
The naira has turned into worthless tissue paper- under Buhari’s watch!
APC & Buhari are totally clueless
Change is a slow process especially with the deep complications that Buhari’s government inherited.
Nigerians should be patient. a new dawn is near
Why do we need useless “task forces” to deal with every issue in Nigeria. Most of the time, these task forces end up being conduits for siphoning government funds and nothing is achieved at the end of the day
Jonathan and the PDP stole Nigeria blind, the avengers are destroying oil installations- why do we have to keep inflicting self injuries on ourselves?
Why is Osibanjo pretending that he has any power?
So the “task force” will build roads in “7 days” to deliver food from the country’s agricultural areas to population centers to feed the hungry Nigerian masses- Naija we hail thee!!
Since the task force does not include “Super Minister” Fashola- it was designed to fail.
It is unfortunate that PDP apologists cannot see anything good in the Buhari administration. the best efforts at change get nothing but scorn from skeptics.
1 dollar is N500. Nothing moves!!! If only they could realise this. But it ‘s one of their trash. Bad government
The Nigerian government is just a big scam
Osibanjo is a disgrace to the body of Christ in Nigeria- he sits there while the Fulanis backed by Buhari are slaughtering innocent Christians all over the country