President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians must grow what they eat as parts of attaining food sufficiency.
He spoke on Friday in Daura, Katsina State, where he lauded the nation’s farmers for the record production of rice and other food commodities.
Buhari said, “I have a good understanding of the country and its people. That is why we instituted those agricultural policies. I said we must grow what we eat and eat what we grow.”
He also expressed satisfaction that the agricultural policies of the administration were working to good effect.
In a statement by presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu, Buhari disclosed this when the elected local government council chairmen from Katsina State paid him Sallah homage.
He said his administration had taken various decisions including the closure of land borders for two years for the benefit of farmers who were the driving force of the rural economy, expressing happiness that these had worked well for the nation.
”This is a country that was once dependent on foreign rice. We closed the border to foreign rice. I said why can’t we eat Nigerian rice, and with the policies put in place, Nigerians are eating home grown rice.”
The elected chairmen where led by Alhaji Ya’u Gojo-Gojo, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
