Nigerians must engage in innovative agriculture to ensure food security – Obasanjo 

By Yemi Olakitan

Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Nigeria, has urged Nigerians to adopt innovative agriculture, which is essential for human life and growth, in order to promote effective and developmental agriculture.

Obasanjo stressed the need of supporting advances in food security when he announced this at the Grand Award Night for the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature, Science, and Literary Criticism, hosted by the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) in Lagos.

He added that by implementing agricultural innovations, Nigeria can help the country expand its potential by eradicating hunger and poverty and making raw resources available for both internal and international trade.

In his words, “Way back when humans were primarily hunters, they saw the need to cultivate and grow plants and livestock for sustenance, and then in exchange for other goods. 

With increased success, cottage industries bloomed and that principle of survival has still not changed after millions of years, We can adopt world-class best practices and leap with giant strides into the future.

 We can collaborate on exchange of ideas and invest in research and development, Obasanjo said.