According to the Federal Government, Nigerians have more than enough uncultivated land to start their own farms.
It also showed that there are over 50 million hectares of fertile land in the nation that are not yet cultivated.
In addition, the government encouraged all Nigerians, regardless of their main line of work, to cultivate a habit of planting crops on all available land in order to guarantee food security in the nation.
Senator Aliyu Sabi, the minister of state for agriculture and food security, revealed this to reporters covering the Senate on Monday in Abuja.
He explained that out of the eight-point agenda of President Bola Tinubu-led administration, food security is the most critical because of the multifaceted benefits that could be realised from the policy.
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He stated that some of the benefits include a war against corruption because some people take to corruption as a way of life as a result of poverty and hunger, saying that this could be substantially addressed by food security.
“When you secure their stomachs, the tendency for average Nigerians, to resort to corruption or outright crime and criminalities, would be reduced.
” Nigerians need to key into the policy by planting something whereever they live. The government is also determined to get a substantial part of the uncultivated hectares of land in the country cultivated.
“As it is presently, out of 70-80 million hectares of arable land in the country, only a 34million hectares, are cultivated, meaning that there is more than enough uncultivated arable land for government and Nigerians to explore for farming and by extension, ensuring food security in the country,” he said.
