22 kidnapped Abuja farmers: It’ll be difficult for Nigerians to feed themselves this year, AFAN warns

By Gabriel Ewepu

FOLLOWING the kidnap of 20 Abuja farmers on Thursday, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Friday, warned that it will be difficult for Nigerians to feed themselves if nothing is done to protect farmers across the country.

Speaking with Saturday Vanguard, the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, said the plight of farmers, especially in the rural areas has assumed a dangerous dimension, and that food production would be on the lowest ebb in 2022, and would degenerate to starvation triggering more crime if nothing urgent and proactive is done as lasting solution to arrest the situation both at the local, State and federal levels.

Ibrahim lamented that a lot still lies ahead to tackle food security as farmers have used their blood to sacrifice for Nigerians not to fall into the valley of serious starvation,  who quietly feed over 200 million mouths on daily basis.

He said  even at…