Smallholder women farmers in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja have expressed concern over the delay in assenting to the Federal Capital Territory administration’s annual budget and seek urgent intervention from the relevant body.
They expressed worry over the delay and poor allocations of funds for agriculture in the FCT which they say has persisted for about three years now.
The assistant Secretary, SWOFON, FCT added that the delay has impacted their livelihood and initiatives aimed at enhancing food production, thus resulting in a high cost of food in the FCT.
While applauding governments and other stakeholders for their continuous support to over a million small-scale women farmers across the country, they called on the federal capital territory administration to expedient actions to address the challenges faced by farmers.
For Nigeria to meet up with the Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by twenty-thirty, and for the federal capital territory to play its part toward food sufficiency, experts say adequate and timely budgetary allocation is required with specific attention given to smallholder women farmers.
