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President Bola Tinubu has directed a Federal Executive Council (FEC) committee to take urgent steps to bring down food prices across the country.
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during a capacity-building workshop for Senate correspondents.
According to Abdullahi, the President’s order prioritizes reducing logistics costs by guaranteeing the safe movement of farm produce across transport routes 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,” Abdullahi said.
Nigeria has been grappling with worsening food insecurity, worsened by the removal of fuel subsidy, rising transport costs, and insecurity on major highways. These challenges have disrupted the movement of goods, leaving millions of citizens struggling with unaffordable food prices.
Abdullahi noted that the initiative aligns with Tinubu’s broader agenda of achieving food sovereignty—not just ensuring availability, but also affordability, accessibility, and nutrition on a sustainable basis.
He added that the government is set to introduce two key initiatives: a Farmer Soil Health Scheme to boost agricultural productivity and a revamped cooperative reform programme designed to mobilize resources and empower rural farmers.
“Mr. President has shown tremendous interest in the cooperative sector as a veritable tool for resource mobilisation, economic activity generation, and for improving the livelihood of members,” he said.
The workshop, themed “Parliamentary Reporting: Issues, Challenges and Responsibilities,” was also attended by Senate Media Committee Chairman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu; former presidential aide, Senator Ita Solomon Enang; and NILDS Director-General, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman.
Tinubu had earlier emphasized in his June Democracy Day address that Nigeria was on course to attain food sovereignty. At the time, he highlighted the administration’s “Nigeria First” policy, which he said would consolidate market-driven growth and enhance local production.
“We must learn to produce and grow most of our food, and we are on the path to achieving food sovereignty,” Tinubu had declared
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