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.
The vaccination would target 247,000 cattle, 51,000 poultry, 152,000 sheep and goats.
One of the farmers, Hussaini Malleri, said he had been cultivating his farmland for the past 25 years, adding that hippos attacks were a source of concern to the farmers.
