Two non-governmental organisations, Fund-Yes Cooperative and Multi-Life Savers For The Less-Privileged People, supported by the founder of Adoration Ministries, Father Ejike Mbaka, have launched the ‘Food4all’ Initiative, a comprehensive program aimed at financing and supporting 40 million small holder farmers and food entrepreneurs.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
The initiative’s “One-Family-One-Farmer Scheme” seeks to create a national grassroots network of small holder farmers and food entrepreneurs, tackling Nigeria’s food security challenges while generating mass employment and wealth-building opportunities.
Mbaka who spoke about the fundraising campaign which was launched in Lagos on July 27, 2024, with a target of raising $6 billion between 2024-2027, emphasised the need for agricultural engagement to address unemployment and achieve food security.
“It is a known fact that a hungry man is an angry man and an angry man is a dangerous man. This is why we must not allow the ongoing acute hunger crisis to continue,” he said.
Other prominent people like Ambassador Josephine Ojiambo, lent her support to the initiative, urging global donors and development partners to join forces with the NGOs.
She said, “I urge global donors and development partners to give their full support to the FOOD4ALL Fundraising Campaign. Nigerians both home and across the diaspora must participate in this nation-building effort. You all must invest in agricultural and food value chains, both in the startups and business growth.”
The chief promoter of the campaign, Kennedy Iyere, highlighted the failure of past government agricultural programs due to corruption and lack of sincerity, stressing the need for a people-driven approach to address Nigeria’s food crisis.
“Our overall goal is to create, finance and build a national grassroots network of twenty million smallholder farmers and food entrepreneurs.
“Nigerians are the ones to drive their own programmes for agricultural development, food security, job creation, wealth building and economic self-emancipation, nobody will do it for them. It is for this purpose that myself and Reverend Father Mbaka formed the ‘Food4all’ Initiative through our NGOs”, Iyere said.
