Abdulazeez Musa
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22-10-2013 16:49:42
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Abdulazeez Musa Constant Tchona Safiya Akau Bimbo Akintola @lamiphillips Kate Amaka Henshaw ICRC Africa Amina J Mohammed @CBiNGR Mr. Climate CiSCOPE Nigeria UN Humanitarian Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Aisha Yesufu Aisha M. Buhari ECOWAS Parliament AUC CAADP @AUC_DPA x.com/oxfaminnigeria…
Why #United4Food Campaign? There is increased suffering from extremes in weather - with either too much rain or not enough - meaning small scale farmers can no longer grow as much as they used to. Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) HEDA Resource Centre
Why #United4Food Campaign? In 2004, the Nigerian government committed to allocating 10% of the national budget to agriculture - but has consistently failed in providing funding that’s desperately needed by small scale farmers to improve food production Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) HEDA Resource Centre
Why #United4Food Campaign? If we do nothing, food prices will continue to soar like our temperatures. We can stop this! Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) HEDA Resource Centre
#United4Food Campaign Goal is to mobilize Nigerians to put public pressure on government to make policy actions, which will create a hunger-free and malnourish-free Nigeria Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) HEDA Resource Centre
1/3 The #United4Food Campaign wants to end the rising cost of food in Nigeria, due to periodic food shortages, we want the Fed and State govts to a) Increase the agricultural budget to a minimum of 10%, as part of their commitment to ending hunger by 2025 in Nigeria Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN)
2/3 b) Allocate funding to reduce the impact of changing weather on small scale farmers, to improve food security in Nigeria. This will also contribute immensely to reducing farmer herders crisis Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) HEDA Resource Centre
3/3 Empower communities to participate in decision making processes and ensure accountability and transparency in the Agricultural sector. This is the only way to guarantee that the actual needs of communities are addressed Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) HEDA Resource Centre
Actions being taken by Oxfam in Nigeria and Partners such as Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) WANEP Nigeria @nantsng_on #United4Food includes carrying out research oxf.am/2xzyUKn to understand the real issues so we can engage policy makers with facts and figures
The #United4Food campaign is also building leadership capacities of rural women who are most affected by impacts of climate change and lack of access to land wee.oxfam.org/video/women-s-… Wakesho wa Mwagae Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) National Association of Nigerian Traders, NANTS Oxfam in Ghana
There are many things you can do to be part of the #United4Food campaign. you can sign this petition actions.oxfam.org/nigeria/ and encourage your friends to also sign, demand from your leaders to take specific actions, join a protest/rally in your locality Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) National Association of Nigerian Traders, NANTS
With new tools such as smart phones/technology, young people should utilize the power of social media and raise awareness on food security & Climate Change issues until government takes it serious and act. Together we can make it happen! Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative(FBIN) HEDA Resource Centre National Association of Nigerian Traders, NANTS
H.E Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu stopped over at an EU in Nigeria 🇪🇺🇳🇬 Oxfam in Nigeria supported project that is distributing 700 goats and 7000 chickens to vulnerable persons. The #ME Officer Lukman Abubakar, Dominic Sansa and Aminat Oladun Jeoji said livestock were of high breed
Konexa continues to make progress amidst the pandemic in its efforts to transform energy access in Nigeria!These are just very small steps as we start the the wider roll out of the Konexa business model. Shell Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation DFID Power Africa Kaduna Electric
The Director of Food Security in the Office of the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Patrick Kormawa, paid me a courtesy visit in my office in Abuja today. We held a focused discussion on the experiences of the African Development Bank Group in financing agriculture and how such models can be adapted