The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to initiate food imports to alleviate the difficulties caused by the steep rise in food prices across the nation. TUC President, Festus Osifo, made this plea during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday.
Osifo highlighted that the current hardship surpasses previous experiences, including those under military rule. He attributed these challenges to inadequate support for locally produced goods and services by the government, as well as a shortage of competent leadership.
The TUC president said, “Nigerians must live to see tomorrow before we can understand how beautiful government policy is. The national pride in striving to achieve food sufficiency locally should be temporarily relaxed.
“Governments at all levels should immediately purchase sufficient quantities of food items from different parts of the world and share them with vulnerable Nigerians.
“Importing food abroad at this point will help reduce the hyper-inflation of food in the country. FG should allow the importation of food items for Nigerian consumption within the next two weeks,” he said.
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