Food security crucial to overall development – Abbas

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said that food security is crucial to overall national development.
Abbas stated this while speaking at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security on a bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Nutritionist Registration Council of Nigeria and Related Matters (HB 2659).
The Speaker, who was represented by Deputy House Leader, Halims Ibrahim, stated that the challenge is not just to ensure the availability of food, but to ensure that citizens have access to guidance and professional services necessary to make sound nutritional choices.
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