The Federal Government, collaborating with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has launched a $500 million Niger Delta Agricultural Investment Fund to boost food production in the Niger Delta region.
Delivering his keynote address at the fund launch in Abuja on Wednesday, Kashim Shettima, Nigeria’s vice president the promise of an agricultural boom is one that the country cannot afford to take for granted, stressing that Nations survive on many resources, but they endure because they can feed themselves.
He explained that Agriculture is not only the foundation of civilisation; it is the first guarantee of political stability.
“Before a people raise cities, they must learn to feed them, and before a state earns the loyalty of its citizens, it must secure their daily bread. This is why agriculture has remained at the very heart of our national agenda, and I am honoured to stand with you at this distinguished gathering as we march into the future.”
Shettima noted that while the Niger Delta has spent generations drawing wealth from beneath its soil, it has chosen also to draw abundance from the soil itself. “Oil built an economy; agriculture will secure a civilisation.
