Kyari stated this while speaking at the Sahel Food System Change Makers Conference with the theme ‘Rethinking Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change: Scaling Innovation and Driving Urgent Public Private Partnership Actions’, held in Abuja.
“Climate change is not waiting for us to catch up, the challenges are pressing, the consequences are severe and should not be contemplated. “We will strengthen our institutions to support Public Private Partnerships, PPP, that drive sustainable agriculture.Meanwhile, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, pointed out that climate change has been a major contributor to food insecurity in Nigeria.“Climate change over the decades has been responsible for not only consequential effects on food system but also as a single largest contributor to insecurity in Agriculture.
Speaking further, the Minister called on relevant stakeholders to act promptly on preventing and salvaging the situation to mitigate the effects of climate change. According to Adegoroye, most of the households in Nigeria spend 60 percent of their income on food as food inflation hits to 25 percent in Q3 of 2023.