#GEJSpeaks: President Jonathan’s goal is to eliminate hunger in the country

by Kolapo Olapoju

In today’s edition of his daily report of track record on Facebook, President Goodluck Jonathan says the primary objective of his administration is to reduce poverty and hunger in the country.

He wrote: “As President, my goal is to work hard so that no citizen is hungry. We are making progress in eliminating hunger. The report from GHI corroborates our own records which show that our food import bill has reduced from 1.1 Trillion Naira in 2009 to 634 Billion Naira in 2014 and falling.

Jonathan said he was excited about the statistics of the International Food Policy Research Institute, which shows that the country is making progress on the annual Global Hunger Index.

He also noted that his administration has been able to reduce hunger by sidelining the middle men and empowering 14 million Nigerian farmers (of which 2 million are women) with fertilizers directly.

“We are not only reducing hunger in our nation, we are also reducing our dependence on foreign nations for our food security while at the same time creating wealth at the grass roots of Nigeria,” he added.

Meanwhile, on Monday, January 26, Jonathan also promised Nigerians that they will not be governed by intimidation.

He made the pledge during the Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally held at the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin, Kwara State.

He said: “My message to you is that we will work with you to ensure that Nigerians are free. We will ensure that you are not governed by intimidation.”

“You must be able to express yourself without fear of intimidation. That is why I signed the Freedom of Information Act. We will not allow a situation where Nigerians will think they are in a zoo where small animals are afraid of the big ones.”

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