The Deputy Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly Hon Adedamola Richard Kasunmu who represents the Ikeja Constituency II engaged stakeholders of his constituents in the annual town hall meeting held simultaneously across the State’s 40 constituency on Friday.
Hon Kasunmu in his keynote address at the event held at the Combo Hall of the LTV, identified food insecurity as a multi-faceted challenge requiring the efforts of the government and the people to resolve.
This year’s stakeholders’ meeting is the ninth in the series with the theme: ‘Ensuring Food Security for Sustainable Future: Youth Participation and Home-Grown Farming’.
Hon Kasunmu noted that the Lagos Assembly was committed to ensuring food security in line with the United Nation’s sustainable development goals of eradication of poverty”.
He alluded that the Lagos State House of Assembly is committed to making Lagos a producing state and not just a consuming state in the agriculture value chain to tackle the present-day reality of food insufficiency.
“Our commitment is exemplified through transformational laws and policy supervision in the agricultural sector,” he said
He asserted that with the collaboration of the Assembly, the government of the state has made giant strides in the agriculture sector.
He listed some of the agricultural initiatives to include the setting up of the 34-hectare Ikorodu Fish Farm Estate which has the capacity to produce and process 10,000 tons of fish per year partnering with 400 fish farmers in the State
The Lagos Assembly DML stated “It is important to reiterate that, on our part as lawmakers, we have also created an enabling environment for farming activities to thrive in the state, particularly through the passage of anti-open grazing of livestock Law in September, 2021.”
He said to achieve food sufficiency, farming capacity needs to be widened while residents should consider animal husbandry.
Hon Kasunmu also used the occasion to formerly introduced his wife to the gathering.
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ikeja LGA and the Chair of Chair of 57 APC LGA Chairmen in Lagos State, Maiyegun Dally Adeokun in his opening remark urged youths to embrace the opportunity.
Mayeigun Adeokun buttressed the importance of agriculture with a Yoruba folklore song that promote farming, he noted every successful farmers started at a very young age, hence, advised youths of the constituency and lagos state to explore the opportunities provided by the government.
The event was well attended by Traditional and religious leaders, CDC/CDA and political leaders and other stakeholders
