The Bayelsa deputy governor said the government was resolute in its resolve to enforce the anti-open grazing law to the letter.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos charged financial institutions to fund agriculture like the oil sector, to boost food production.
“Poor people in both countries rely heavily on bread as a source of nutrition. It is subsidised and thus relatively widely available.”
Mr Farinloye further disclosed that NEMA gave between 150 and 200 seedlings to each of the 1,754 farmers in Lagos alone.
Residents attributed the hike to demand and the high cost of transportation.
The farm is expected to maintain a layers’ population of 16,000, which translates to 3,679,200 eggs per year.
The governor also disclosed that the state would vaccinate one million cattle herds against diseases in 2022.
The procurement was meant for states ravaged by insecurity, said humanitarian affairs minister Sadiya Farouq.
The council’s role would be to develop and promote the growth, production, processing and marketing of tea and coffee in Nigeria.
Each of the outboard (boat) engines stolen by the hoodlums cost about N1 million.
