Vice President Kashim Shettima will, on Monday, July 7, 2025, declare open a three-day national summit on nutrition and food security.
Themed “Curbing Malnutrition and Food Insecurity Through Effective Synergy,” the summit is organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security.
Chairman of the committee, Chike Okafor, disclosed this during a pre-summit media briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
According to him, the summit will be held from Monday, July 7, to Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
He said, “Do you know that on the second day of this summit, we are inviting the heads of security agencies? We are expecting the police, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, the Commandant-General of the Civil Defence, and the Chief of Army Staff to be part of our discussions.
“This is because you can’t talk about food security without addressing the fact that today, farmers cannot go to their farms due to insecurity. We have made this a key part of our discourse.
“You know what they say about security — what the security people are doing, whether kinetic or non-kinetic — that can’t be discussed in public. But I can tell you very clearly that we are insisting they (the security agencies) come and tell Nigerians what they are doing to ensure that farmers can go to their farms without being harassed, killed, or molested.”
Some of the stakeholders expected at the summit include the Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma; Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State; federal and state lawmakers; as well as representatives of relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.
Also expected are officials from the ministries of health, education, agriculture, planning, and finance.
Development partners, including UNICEF, FAO, WFP, GAIN, CS-SUNN, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as civil society organisations and key actors in the organised private sector, are also scheduled to attend.
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