The convener of the Yoruba One Voice, YOV, and Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has charged the Federal Government and governors of the South West region to address the spreading hunger in Yorubaland.
Gani Adams gave this charge at the end of YOV’s quarterly conference via Zoom on Sunday, urging the governors to make agriculture more attractive to the people of the region.
He said the conference with the theme ‘Rescuing Yoruba Nation from hunger, your task, my task’, was a wake-up call to both the Federal Government and the South West Governors to devise a better approach to make agriculture more attractive to the people of the region.
According to him, the rationale for the YOV’s quarterly conference is to impress upon the government at all levels to work on the best approach to solving the problem of hunger in Yoruba land.
He added that hunger across the country does not know tribe or region, adding that it is a general issue that needs urgent solution.
The monarch said Nigeria is a blessed country, stressing that Yoruba land is even the greatest beneficiary of God’s blessings.
“This is evident in the way we plant our farm produce. Within a few days, you see your seed grow with pride. All over the world, agriculture is a global business, whether micro or macro agriculture.
“The success depends largely on the need to expand the scope and advance the technological and mechanical advantage in agricultural production,” he said.
Address hunger in Yoruba land – Gani Adams tells S/West govs