The Chancellor, Landmark University,
Bishop David Oyedepo, has said that agrarian revolution will avert the
impending famine in the country next year as warned by the Federal
Government.
He urged universities and other tertiary
institutions in the country to lead the agrarian revolution in order to
address food insecurity, national economic recession, lack of
industrialisation and the high unemployment rate.
The Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had warned Nigerians to
brace for an imminent outbreak of famine by January next year following a
huge demand in the global market for Nigeria’s grains and cereals
Oyedepo said during the 7th
matriculation of Landmark University in Omu-Aran, Kwara State on Friday,
“Apart from the security threat facing us in Africa, the greatest
threat to the survival of this continent is the worsening food crisis,
which has the potential to wipe off the people all together.
“This is why we cannot afford to wait
for this closely impending scenario to become a reality. And this is the
vision and mission of Landmark University.
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