The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday asked Nigerians to be prepared for imminent food shortage.
The party said scarcity of food would be one of the effects of the floods that ravaged some parts of the country recently.
Rising
from its National Working Committee in Abuja, the PDP however commended
President Goodluck Jonathan for steps taken so far to cushion the
effects of the flood on victims.
According to a statement by the
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP
said Nigerians must know that flooding was a global phenomenon.
The
statement reads, “PDP has commended the President for the firm and
reassuring steps the Federal Government has taken to mitigate the impact
of flooding across the states of the federation and forestall further
threat to the nation.
“The Party has also called on relevant
government agencies and entire Nigerians to brace up for the challenge
of food shortages which the impact of the flooding may likely occasion.
“Flood
disasters are a global phenomenon but our peculiar challenges of
development demand deeper insight and capacity which the President has
demonstrated.
“We therefore commend him for the medium and long
term measures being put in place to first ameliorate the suffering of
the affected Nigerian communities as well as for the steps already being
taken to permanently put under check, the incidence of flooding in
future.”
The party further appealed to federal, state and local
governments as well as farmers to take measures to avert imminent food
shortages on account of the flood.
It promised to liaise with all
the relevant agencies of government to work out plans to forestall
possible food shortages arising from the food.
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