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| Alhaji Muhammad Sabo-Nanono, Minister of Agriculture |
A few days ago, you likely read or watched Nigeria's Agricultural Minister, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, made a bizarre claim at a news conference in Abuja as the world marked this year's World Food Day. The Minister at the conference, claimed there is no hunger in the country since Buhari came into office.
He said the Buhari administration has made it a priority for the country to become self-sufficient in food production which according to him, is already yielding results except a few inconveniences which the Federal Government alongside relevant stakeholders, are working to address.
Nanono went further to explain that there's so much food in the country that in Kano, one can eat N30 worth of food and be satisfied.
He said, “From what I am seeing in this conference room, there is no sign of hunger but obesity. Only a few people like me are either trying to balance their diet or is it fasting that is responsible for the way some of us look?
“I think we are producing enough now to feed ourselves and I think there is no hunger but if you say inconveniences I would agree.
“When people talk about hunger I laugh because they do not know hunger. If you go to other countries you will see what hunger is.
“Food in Nigeria is fairly cheap compared to other countries. In kano for instance, you can eat N30 worth of food and be satisfied. So, we should be thankful that we can feed ourselves and we have relatively cheap food in this country,” he said.
However, all was not well when a man im Kano decided to give the Minister's claim a try by paying N30 for a meal. The man as revealed in the video shared on Twitter by Gimba Kakanda, can seen surrounded by a group of mobs who threaten you dress him up with beating.
The Buhari administration has been accused of gross negligence and insensitivity to the plights of Nigerian families who until his presidency, said were at least able to eat two square meals a day.
The recent claim by the Agric minister is a clear evidence that Buhari's administration is doing nothing to align itself with the realities on ground which is basically one of the reasons the president is losing even his ardent supporters.
