Senator Francis Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial District, has urged Nigerians to embrace farming as a sustainable way to cushion the impact of the current economic hardship in the country.
Speaking with journalists in his constituency on Tuesday Fadahunsi stressed that food security was central to easing the burden on households, noting that widespread hunger hampers critical thinking and national development.
“I am farming, everybody should farm. If there is no hunger, automatically we will be thinking right. The development is coming… So I advise everybody to embrace farming, no matter how little it might be, and let the food production rise, so prices can come down.
“So I advise everybody to embrace farming, no matter how little it might be, and let the food production rise, so prices can come down.
“If you look at our river line areas, you can not see the Yoruba boys farming you will see all those Hausa and so on, where are our boys?
“Although around this area we have already advised them to go into the farm. If you go to Ife you will see them around Ife South and Ife North they are really doing serious farming and we have been distributing seedlings to them.”, he explained.
The lawmaker also assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu was already addressing key infrastructural and economic challenges, he made mentions of road construction projects and federal allocations to states.
According to him, Governors have been directed to invest in local communities to ensure that relief reaches the grassroots..
“This hardship must come down before the end of the year that is what I can assure you. Automatically before the end of this year, things will go down. Just recently when we went for the NEC meeting, he advised the Governors to go deep into the local areas and invest more”, he explained.
Addressing Voters Registration, the senator revealed that he had mobilised stakeholders, traditional rulers and community leaders to ensure more people across Osun East participate in the ongoing exercise.
“For nearly two weeks, I have sent people to supervise the process and hereafter send a status report to me.
“My senatorial district has not been left behind on this mobilisation. I have personally gone round ensuring that stakeholders that will facilitate the process are actively onboard.
“Particularly, reaching the Kings (Obas), custodian of cultural heritage and Community leaders. Thereby, arousing the community people to register. Including the long-time settlers in our environment, the Hausa farmers, Fulani herdsmen and the Igedes. They all must register.
“There are 52 communities in Ibadan having not less than 30,000 Ijesha people, and persons conducting voter registration are sent to get the people registered. Based on this, it can be boldly affirmed that the registered populace would drastically increase,” he said.
In conclusion, Fadahunsi reiterated his commitment to grassroots mobilisation and community empowerment, stressing that both food sufficiency and active civic participation are key to building a stronger nation.
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