Macro-Strategy: VP Shettima Reclassifies Food Security as National Security
Vice President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria is now treating food security as a core national security and macroeconomic priority, unveiling a ‘Back to the Farm’ push aimed at reducing inflation and food-import FX pressure.
Additional coverage across Nigerian media and stakeholder reactions indicate that the implications of the development will be closely watched in the coming days as policy, security, and market signals evolve.
Echotitbits take: Framing food as a security issue allows the government to deploy more resources and potentially protect farming clusters more aggressively. Success depends on whether food-basket regions are actually made safe from banditry.
Source: Channel TV – https://www.channelstv.com/2025/07/30/nigerias-target-is-to-attain-food-sovereignty-shettima/ (2026-01-22)
Photo credit: Channel TV
2026-01-22 13:00:00
