Food Crisis: Sanwo-Olu Asks Lagos Farmers To Collaborate With Other States

Amid high cost of food stuff in the state, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu urged farmers in the state to collaborate with their colleagues in other states of the country to enable them bring their produce and sell in Lagos with the highest population in the country.

Sanwo-Olu gave the charge during the grand finale of the Year 2023 World Food Day celebrations, themed: “Water is Life, Water is Food, Leave No One Behind,” organised by the state’s Ministry of Agriculture at the Police College Parade, Ikeja, Lagos.

Sanwo-Olu said  the state government is committed to encouraging farmers, as well as has integrated plans to bring about infrastructure and funding to ensure food sufficiency and security in the state.

Stating his administration’s commitment to ensuring that food is always affordable and accessible to the state’s residents, Sanwo-Olu said, “We know that the price of food appears to have gone up, but with interventions like these such as bringing market close to the consumers, am sure that all the produce brought here today will be picked up and bought.

“All we are doing today, is to ensure that there is access from them.”

“We have a robust integrated plan of ensuring that food sufficiency and food adequacy in Lagos is secured. Since food security globally is becoming an issue, as a government, we need to have a market for the farmers and we need to help our residents,” he added.

He said the government had achieved a lot through the APPEALS Project, restating his administration’s commitment to the theme of this year’s 2023 World Food Day in order not to leave any one behind.

Earlier, the commissioner for agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, said the day was set aside to encourage action on food insecurity, promote the production and consumption of safe food which have an immediate and long-term benefit on the people, the planet and the economy at large.