Boniface Okoro in Umuahia
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State for the 2027 election, Dr. Kelechi Anosike, has mentioned no nation can obtain lasting prosperity when its residents go to mattress hungry.
Anosike said this on Thursday in Umuahia in an announcement to commemorate the 2026 World Food Day, the place he paid tribute to farmers in Abia and throughout the nation.
According to him, meals isn’t a luxurious however a primary human necessity, and agriculture have to be handled not merely as an financial exercise however as a strategic instrument for meals safety, job creation, poverty discount and wealth era.
“Food is not a luxury; it is a basic human necessity. No society can achieve lasting prosperity when its people go to bed hungry,” he mentioned.
The PDP candidate, who described himself as a dedicated welfarist, mentioned authorities should transcend rhetoric and supply sensible help to farmers by way of entry to inexpensive inputs, improved seedlings, mechanisation, irrigation, agricultural loans, storage amenities, processing industries and dependable markets.
Unveiling his agenda for the agricultural sector, Anosike mentioned beneath his welfarist imaginative and prescient, agriculture would change into a significant driver of financial development, rural growth and youth employment within the state.
He mentioned his administration, if elected, would guarantee farmers earn higher incomes, merchants have entry to inexpensive meals provides and households take pleasure in meals safety.
Anosike disclosed that his Operation Feed Abians (OFA) programme, a Back-to-Farm coverage is designed to guarantee that there’s meals in all places and no Abian goes to mattress hungry.
He defined that OFA seeks to promote agricultural manufacturing, empower farmers, encourage youths to embrace agriculture, strengthen meals provide chains and make meals extra accessible and inexpensive.
“We will work towards an Abia where farming is profitable, rural communities prosper, agricultural businesses flourish, and no Abian is abandoned to hunger because of poverty,” he added.
The governorship hopeful additionally saluted farmers, meals processors, transporters, merchants and all actors within the meals worth chain for his or her position in feeding the nation, stressing {that a} caring authorities should feed its folks and create prosperity from the soil.
