Juwe Oluwafemi, Tukur Muntari and Ahmed Amshi As flood sweeps through farmlands in the northern part of the country, agricultural experts and big-time players in the agro-allied industry have warned of an impending food crisis across the country. The experts insist that unless urgent and very drastic steps are immediately taken, the crisis may worsen as agricultural fortunes dip in the North. PUNCH Healhwise gathered that the 10 states, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Nasarawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Zamfara, Yobe, Sokoto and Kebbi, were highly affected following heavy rainfall in the region.
In an interview with PUNCH Healthwise, an agricultural investor in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Bello Yakazsi, urged the government to declare an emergency in the food sector across the country. Yakazsi, said, “While the situation we are currently experiencing in the North can be said to be a peculiar one, it is high time that the Federal Government declared a state of emergency in the country’s agricultural sector. “We have limited powers over the strange and dynamic play of Mother Nature but the little efforts we can muster to save ourselves from hunger and starvation must be put in place by all the government agencies.
This is not the time for politics.” Investigations showed that continuous rainfall across the region posed a threat to grains and farmlands, which could lead to a poor harvest and hunger as farmers battle the scourge of drought. As a result of the effect of the tw.