Nigerians are being advised by President Muhammadu Buhari to quit whining about hunger and get back to their farms.
In an interview with Tambari Hausa TV, he said that Nigeria can still feed itself despite the flood that is destroying farming areas, according to Peoples Gazette.
Buhari said that one of the strategies his government put in place when he took office was to stop food importation by closing the borders, which would force people back to farming.
He said; “I took that decision (border closure) to stop rice importation and said we should farm what we eat or die of hunger.
I said that since we have farm land and God has blessed us with rain, what reason does a Nigerian have to say he’s hungry? If you are hungry, go to the farm”.
The president added; “I’m aware that floods have ravaged some farmlands this season but we are still selling rice made in Nigeria, and we can feed ourselves. Is that not an achievement? We have workers who left their air-conditioned offices and went into farming, and they had bounty harvests. So, we are grateful.”
