Following protests in Niger and Kano states over the high cost of living in the country, a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention is about now taking place in the State House Abuja.
The meeting, which was convened by the Chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has in attendance the Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari; Minister of State for Agriculture, Mustapha Shehuri; the Minister of Budget and Planning, Atiku Bagudu; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Yemi Cardoso among others.
Tuesday’s meeting is coming on the heels of protests in some parts of the country over the rising cost of food and living.
The demonstrations had broken out in Niger and Kano states, prompting calls for urgent action to arrest the spiraling prices of essential food items
As at the time of filling this report, the meeting was still going on
