BMO Group disputes UN report on Food Crisis

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says the report, released by United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, is untenable bearing in mind that under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, there has been an increase in agricultural activities leading to sufficiency in food production and availability.

In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said: “Even in the instance of the Northeast where there are internally Displaced Persons, there had been deliberate measures taken by the federal government to ensure adequate food for the victims of the Boko Haram insurgency.

Read the statement in part below:

We want to also note that several intervention agencies are cooperating with the federal government in ensuring adequate food for the people in the war affected areas. The agencies and institutions include National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), UNHCR, UNICEF, ECOWAS, UNDP and NIMASA.”

The pro-Buhari group said that in view of all these interventions, “it runs contrary to reason that an organisation like the United Nations, or any of its agencies, would lump Nigeria with countries like Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan where there are full blown wars. 

We therefore consider the report as baseless, lacking in depth and calculated to diminish the efforts of the Buhari administration to reposition the country in all sectors.

BMO