Buhari endorses release of 30,000 tons of maize to farmers

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, September 3, 2020 said he had endorsed the disbursement of 30,000 tons of maize from the national reserves.

According to Buhari, this would help in easing the current high cost of poultry production amongst animal feed producers.

He stated this in a statement via his official Twitter handle.

“We are very mindful of the challenge of high food prices, at a time when the economy is already in a slowdown caused by the global Coronavirus situation, and are doing everything in our power to bring down the prices of food items across the country,” he stated.

View his tweet below:

To ease the current high cost of poultry production, I have approved the release of 30,000 tons of maize from the national reserves, to animal feed producers.

— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) September 3, 2020