On Wednesday, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed that the federal government has set up a task force on food security to address the worrying incidence of rising cost of food items in the market shortly after the FEC meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja,

According to Mohammed, agricultural produce are hardly seen in the market but when seen, they turn to be sold at a high rate. He said the committee is expected to report back to Council next week after which concrete actions would be taken to remedy the situation, he further added that government is concerned about the rising price of food and is trying to do something to bring it down.

He said: “We considered several memos, and approvals were given and the major highlight is Council resolved to set up a task force on food security.

“Government is quite concerned about the rising cost of food items and the fact that, more often than not, even when these products are available, if they do reach the market, there are sold at very exorbitant prices.”

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