Nigerians have been neglected in all fronts since independence, including politics, education, healthcare, housing, transportation, and agriculture. The Buhari administration's food sufficiency strategy was designed to increase mechanised farming, but the rising insecurity in the country and the wobbling one step forward, two steps backwards makes it difficult to achieve the dream. It is important to have faith in the government and not to join forces with those who see only a bleak future. Nigeria is the only country in Africa that allows the uncontrolled use of pesticides and harmful agrochemicals on consumables, despite the health implications. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has stated that global restriction is done in the interest of safety, but the inability to have the political will to halt importation of these chemicals could be dangerous for Nigerians.
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