OXFAM Rep wishes Covid funds use for Agric development

The Country Representative (CP), OXFAM, Dr. Vincent Ahonsi has said that all the funds gathered during the 2020  Covid-19 pandemic be diverted to the total development of Agriculture for sustainable food security for the entire citizens without discrimination.

Dr. Vincent Ahonsi said this during a press briefing held last week Monday in Abuja with one other Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre.

Ahonsi stressed that the inequality in food accessibility, affordability and availability to people can only be checkmated if only all the donations gathered during the covid 19 could be largely channelled to agriculture development along with the food value chains system, adding that disparity in food distribution had led to the death of not less than 21, 000 people on daily basis.

Speaking through virtual zoom communication, the OXFAM CP pointed out that the death figure was a conservative finding based on lack of access to health care, gender-based violence, hunger and climate change effect on food productivity.

He posited that the fund got from the pandemic in Nigeria be brought out for investment in agriculture for more food available to all without discrimination between the poor and rich people saying there is a need for a policy that would look into inequality being a threat to the national development as many more people are without jobs.

The CP pointed out there is a need for policy and programme towards progress  that would positively impact the lives of people to bridge the gap between the rich and poor adding that ‘’ Nigeria is currently having 84 million as in extreme poverty that has further risen due to covid-19’’

 OXFAN is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means tackling the inequality that keeps people poor.