President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Executive Council (FEC) committee to intensify efforts to reduce the high cost of food items in Nigeria.
This directive prioritizes the unhindered movement of agricultural produce across the country to ease logistics bottlenecks that have driven up prices.
According to the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the president’s order aims to promote the safe passage of agricultural foods and commodities nationwide.
“The President has given a matching order with a federal executive council committee already handling it on how we are going to promote safe passage of agricultural foods and commodities across our various routes in the country,” he said at the training session for Senate correspondents.
Nigeria has been grappling with worsening food insecurity, largely triggered by the removal of fuel subsidy, rising transportation expenses, and insecurity on highways that has disrupted the supply chain. Despite intervention measures, millions still find basic food items unaffordable.
The minister added that the initiative is tied to Tinubu’s broader food security agenda, which goes beyond production to affordability, accessibility, and sustainable nutrition.
To further support farmers, Abdullahi announced plans to launch a Farmer Soil Health Scheme to boost yields, alongside a renewed cooperative reform programme to strengthen rural farming communities.
“Mr. President has shown tremendous interest in the cooperative sector as a veritable tool for resource mobilisation, for economic activity generation, and to improve the livelihood of members,” he said.
The event, themed “Parliamentary Reporting: Issues, Challenges and Responsibilities,” also featured contributions from Senate Media Committee Chairman Senator Yemi Adaramodu, former presidential aide Senator Ita Solomon Enang, and NILDS Director-General Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman.
Tinubu had earlier, during his June Democracy Day address, reaffirmed his commitment to food sovereignty, describing agriculture as central to his administration’s economic vision.
He said, “Our ‘Nigeria First’ policy will further enhance progress as we consolidate market-driven growth. The improved economic performance is encouraging and validates the soundness of our policy measures. Our medium-term growth target remains an economy growing at a seven per cent clip with a stronger manufacturing base. We must learn to produce and grow most of our food, and we are on the path to achieving food sovereignty…”
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