FFACET’s 25, 000-hectare wheat mandate to address Nigeria’s food security – Yakubu By Peter Urube Abuja

The Founder and National President of Favoured Farmers Community Empowerment Trust (FFACET), Ambassador Tanimu Joseph Yakubu, has pledged the support and collaboration of the organization with the federal government in the effort to address hunger and guarantee food security in the midst of festering challenges. Ambassador Yakubu made the commitment in Abuja over the weekend, while inaugurating the senior team of FFACET aimed at fast tracking its operations with a view to impacting on the targeted groups in the country. He disclosed that FFACET has be given a mandate in partnership with a foreign organization to cultivate 25 hectares of arable land for massive wheat production in order to address the current hunger and starvation facing the country, noting that Nigerians, irrespective of religion, ethnicity or sectional creed, would be involved in the clearing, cultivation and planting of the produce. “It’s a task that must be done. We are willing and ready to address hunger in the land. We will spare no energy in deploying our human and material resources to ensure that our mandate to secure and cultivate this 25, 000 hectares of wheat is achieved, by God’s grace. All Nigerians are the target. No religious or ethnic sentiment because hunger is no respecter of any of the sentiments,” he said. The newly promoted senior team of FFACET are: Engr. Danjuma Abeku, Managing Director FFACET; Ms Sandra Vincent, Financial Controller; Mr Ukershio Alex, Head Human Resources and Administration; and Mr Matthew Faraka, Acting Manager, FFACET Agro Corporation. Ambassador Yakubu tasked them to ensure the rebranding of FFACET for efficiency and productivity, noting that they should stick to its focus on empowerment and improvement of the living conditions of the vulnerable Nigerians. The inauguration was conducted with the attendance of zonal heads and state chairmen of FFACET cutting across the six geo-political zones of the country.

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