….UN Food Systems Summit in Roma
By Christopher Deborah
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima said President Bola Tinubu’s administration has mobilized over half a billion dollars for innovative, profitable, equitable and sustainable food systems transformation initiative.
This statement was made known by senator Shettima on his official Twitter account @OfficialSKSM.
The Vice President made the disclosure while chairing a high-level meeting on the first day of the UN @FoodSystems Summit declared open in Rome, Italy by the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guteress.
He wrote, “Vice President @KashimSM said the funds were mobilised “through domestic resources, multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, climate funds leading agro-businesses,” and would be used for “Innovation finance for food system transformation; development of Nigeria’s agro value chain and Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones programmes.”
