Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for agricultural policy alignment between the federal and state governments to eliminate duplicity and enhance implementation.
Osinbajo made the call in Abuja at an event to wrap up the pilot phase of the State Partnership for Agriculture Programme, implemented by Synergos Nigeria, a non-profit organisation.
Represented by his Senior Technical Adviser on Agriculture, Andrew Kwasari, the Vice President said effective policy alignment between the two tiers of government would increase agricultural activities across the country.
He said the State Partnership for Agriculture Programme had contributed immensely in that regard in the three pilot states and impacted on the lives of rural farmers who “work tirelessly to ensure that we have food on our table”.
He added that the Federal Government, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, would not relent in its effort to give support to individuals and non-governmental organisations to see that agriculture took its rightful place.
