By Aminu Garko
The National Patriotic Elders Forum for Peace and Unity, has faulted the World Bank reports, indicating that there would severe Food Shortage that will results to Hunger and Starvation in Nigeria.
Speaking through Press Released signed by the group President Bature AbdulAziz and issued to Newsmen in Kano, Friday, said that Nigeria Agricultural activities does not Center in the few areas investigated by the World Bank.
Dr Bature AbdulAziz, hints that every aspect of the Nigeria States are blessed with Natural resources, including farming activities as such the reports showing some few local Governments having problems in this year farming season is a faulted one.
He said, “you cannot used some 17-20 local Governments having problems with the Rainy Season, against the 774 local Governments that are largely agrarian society to show that the whole Country is having problems this year”.
The Elders Forum President, explained that what Nigeria and it’s Citizens lack is enough funds for supplies which cumulate to poverty and hunger but not enough Foods, “we are blessed with enough varieties of foods”, he added.
Dr Bature AbdulAziz, in the same vein, said Federal Government should do more to arrest the heighten rise in exchange rates with centrally Dollar as the major Problems.
“I think, Nigeria, today is facing serious problem with exchange rates with centrally Dollar as the major problem and President Tinubu should do more to reduced the price of Dollar both at the parallel Market and the official one”.
He added that, “Nigeria would not get it right with the current exchange rates, impact this is the major reasons today there is hunger and starvation in the Country and Government must quickly arrest the situation”.
