By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has announced plans to deploy the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)’s digital identity infrastructure to verify genuine farmers and improve the targeting of government agricultural intervention programmes.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, disclosed this while receiving the Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, and her delegation at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to a statement by the ministry’s Head of Information, Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the collaboration is aimed at leveraging the National Identification Number (NIN) and NIMC’s identity verification platform to build a credible, centralised database of farmers and support the country’s drive towards food security and food sovereignty.
Kyari said the initiative would improve transparency in the implementation of government programmes while boosting the participation of women and youths in agriculture.
