The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Government to introduce food stamps programme as an interim measure to cushion the effects of food insecurity in the country.
The Red Chamber also called on the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to liaise with development partners and other relevant stakeholders, especially the Lagos Food Bank Initiative, which introduced Temporary Food Assistance Programme, TEFAP, few years ago.
It maintained that the introduction of the programe has become necessary “with a view to working out practicable templates and implementable modalities for the actualisation of the programme.”
The motion was sponsored by the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) and co-sponsored by Senator Saliu Mustapha (APC, Kwara Central) as well as majority of others during plenary.
Food stamps is a supplemental nutrition assistance programme that provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income people to help them maintain adequate nutrition and health.
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What ever they have to do to caution this hike, should be fast abeg ooh
ReplyDeleteI hope they do this on time there is hunger in the land.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all we need a central data base of all Nigerians to even begin to figure out who is eligible or not. Kai!
ReplyDeleteAnother way is siphoning money.
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