Publications

As Nigeria concluded her series of UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) dialogues across the country, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, has reiterated the commitment of the Government of Nigeria to sustainable food systems, as one of the key strategies for eliminating poverty across Nigeria.

He said this at the national consolidatory dialogue on the UN food systems summit held on 29 June at Abuja, and was joined by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mo-hammed, who acknowledged that transformation of the food systems was essential to a healthier and prosperous country.

“We know that our target of lifting a hundred million Nigerians out of poverty within a decade is only achievable if we focus on substantially improving agriculture and food systems which assure us of not just good food, but also jobs.” He explained, “This per-spective on addressing hunger, malnutrition and poverty runs through our policy frame-works, including our recently launched National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy, and our Nutrition Policy that addresses the issues of sustainable and nutrition-sensitive food systems.”