'If you are hungry, go to the farm' - Buhari to Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has said citizens shouldn't complain of hunger as there are farms for them to get food to eat.

He made the disclosure during an interview with Tambari Hausa TV which aired Wednesday, November 2.

The president who reminisced on his decision to close down the land boarders when he came to office noted that farming was the ready solution for all who were hungry.

He said speaking in Hausa: “If you are trying to report me to Nigerians that I didn’t fulfill my promise, let me ask you, when I assumed office, didn’t I order the closure of the land borders for almost two years?

“I took that decision to stop rice importation and said we should farm what we eat or die of hunger.

“I said that since we have farmland and God has blessed us with rain, what reason does a Nigerian have to say he’s hungry? If you are hungry, go to the farm.”

Speaking further, the president said: “I’m aware that floods have ravaged some farmlands this season but we are still selling rice made in Nigeria, and we can feed ourselves. Is that not an achievement?

“We have workers who left their air-conditioned offices and went into farming, and they had bounty harvests. So, we are grateful.”



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