“We have about 16 million registered voters from the pastoralists community in Nigeria,” Mr Usman-Ngelzarma said.
Mr Aribo said that IFAD provided 5,000 day old chicks, 280 bags of broiler starter, 280 bags of fish feeds of various sizes and 84 bags of NPK 15:15:15 fertiliser.
The DG said that the agency has ensured that only safe modern biotechnology activities and GMO products are allowed in Nigeria.
He also promised to prioritise projects that would tackle unemployment, poverty and insecurity.
“The commission will have some form of independence to handle and manage that special budget of at least N250 billion to be allocated to the affected states.”
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that prices of selected food items increased in November.
Mr Onyeisi said that so far, about 100 women were trained in food processing, and 30 farmers were empowered with 80-day-old chicks each.
The strategies would include flood-tolerant rice varieties and other climate-smart agric technologies that would mitigate the effect of the flood on farmers.
The declaration expresses deep concern about the unsustainable use and exploitation of the donkey as species.
