While speaking with journalists during the Eid celebrations at the state house on Sunday, the president described the impact of the virus as “frightening”.
He said the pandemic has affected both the developed and the developing countries.
“Nigerians can see that the COVID-19 has reduced us, both the developing and developed countries, to the same level,” he said.
In fact, we have fewer casualties than they have. So, it’s a very frightening development.”
The president asked farmers to maximise the season of rainfall to increase food production.
“I hope the rainy season would be bountiful so that we can get a lot of food,” Buhari said.
I wish the farmers will go to farms so that we can produce what we need in sufficient quantity so that we don’t have to import food.
“In any case, we don’t have any money to import food. So, we must produce what we are going to eat.”
From The Cable
Bloody hell🙄
ReplyDeleteso all the donations, recovered loots and abacha money and also the loans they have been receiving, what were they used for exactly?
Did thay use it to play bet online for two odds and lost it or what?🤔 am confused 🤷🏾♂️
Stop paying National assembly people and we'd have money to import food.
ReplyDeletePut all the monies donated for covid palliative to use and we'd have monies to import food.
Plug the looting holes and we'd have monies to import food. 😏😏😏
Well, his tongue in cheek point is we shouldn’t aspire to import food and will now be forced to produce what we eat.
DeleteAnon 12.54 you went to a good school...
DeleteExactly!!!
DeleteAnon 12:54,you got it ✔️
That one na him business
ReplyDeleteNigeria is one hell of a joke. I regretted the day I was born one.
ReplyDeleteGod forbid I should regret being born. Stop invoking imprecation on yourself. It's unnecessary.
DeleteRead me clearly if possible with glasses. I regret being born a Nigerian and I owe you nor anyone any apology saying that. It's my convinction about the failed state you called a country.
DeleteAmen. May your regret be permanent.
Deleteupniyi 👌👌
DeleteUpniyi and anon 17.38, why are you two drinking panadol for someone else's headache? It really pays to mind the business that pays you. Don't be unfortunate!
DeleteNigeria never have money but looters have.
ReplyDeleteStory for the gods... If I hear.
ReplyDeleteWhich farmers should farm? What incentives has he made available to help boast farmers production?
In fact...
You read my mind, it’s only in a place like Nigeria that a leader would give this directive with no formal support to the sector. Then when there is no food they will be casting blame anyhow. Useless leader.
DeleteHope his family will also eat made in Nigerian food? Useless wicked old man, I hope Nigerians won't vote in another devil when it is time to cast our next vote
ReplyDeleteWhich farmers?
DeleteThe ones herdsmen or bandits have not killed abi!
Ezi talk
19:51👌
DeleteI said it then when they were ravaging the food basket of the nation, Benue.
Politics of tribalism is a danger to both Victor and victim. Time!
Is a real wa
ReplyDeleteIts good we won't be able to import food,let's eat what we produce,we have enough..
ReplyDeleteIts good we won't be able to import food,let's eat what we produce,we have enough..
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine this Jubrin of a president 😡
ReplyDeleteProvide incentives for farmers, grant dem loans and FG should grow our agricultural sector. There's a lot of arable land wasting away
ReplyDeleteWhich loan
DeleteReal and reasonable loans or almost impossible to get but billions on paper?
Bad lucked president, nothing he touches peppers. He flunked in 1983 and also in 2003.
ReplyDeleteIt is well oh😰
ReplyDeleteJoker!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis man is taking nonsense, this is what late Abah Kyarri was always preventing by not letting him give public speech, if Aisha don't step up, this man will mess up badly. Government has been importing food for people in Nigeria indeed
ReplyDelete*talking*
ReplyDeleteSee all the years they did nothing to advance the nation now this is what it has come to. Every nation is looking out for itself and its citizens, nobody is going to deprive their ppl for some black ppl in Africa because their leaders were too corrupt, lazy and idiotic to prepare and put things in the reserves for them. So what will happen to those ppl who cannot stockpile or who do not have relatives in the abroad who can ship barrels to them? The giant of Africa? See, at times like these it is not education, beauty, status or any of those things that matter, all that matters now is human survival and the ability to get food. Just like the St. Maarten Prime Minister said in her viral video, food is what you need to have. Look at the great Nigeria, look at what Nigeria is because the black men placed in power brought her to her knees.
ReplyDeleteNigerians like to read just to criticize, and not to comprehend.
ReplyDeleteOnly 10% of the comments here show that they understand the import of President's message.
Less than 10% if you ask me..
DeleteWhat's bad in what the president?
Isn't it a wise decision to grow our own food at least..
They just hate for no reason and the sad part is they re mentally lazy! Is it not a good thing if we eat wat we produce? Why shud we be importing food in d first place? We re simply been told there ll b no frivolous spending on food importation..
DeleteHey, where are those bvs who mocked that Prophet, T. B. Joshua for saying Nigerians should farm to help their economy? Or that food business and agriculture will thrive?
ReplyDeleteNone of you foresaw Covid-19's devastation of the world's economy.
God uses the foolish things of this life to confound the wise.
So we import food? I thought borders was shut against importation of food so we can eat what we produce? So where do we import food from? I thought you said what our farmers are producing is sufficient to feed the country?
ReplyDeleteAPC govt talking from both sides of the mouth. God will deliver you from the lying Spirit.
At the end of the day, farmers would capitalize on that to increase the cost of food. Na we be our enemy.
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