President Bola Tinubu is rapidly transforming Nigeria’s agricultural landscape through aggressive investment in production and post-production programs that have already begun to yield significant results, according to renowned Soil Scientist and Presidential Aide, Dr. Kingsley Uzoma.

Dr. Uzoma, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusiness and Productivity Enhancement, made the disclosure on Wednesday during a monitored television program in Abuja. Speaking on the administration’s commitment to enhancing food security and diversifying the economy, the internationally recognized expert—whose work spans Nigeria, Belgium, the UK, Japan, and Canada—praised Tinubu’s agricultural policies as both strategic and impactful.

“Through the African Food Security Emergency Support Program, over 500,000 farmers have benefited from subsidised fertiliser and seed inputs,” Uzoma stated. “This has led to a significant increase in productivity.”

He also revealed details of the ambitious Irrigate Nigeria project, which aims to provide irrigation infrastructure to five million hectares of land nationwide. “This will reduce our overreliance on rainfall and cushion the effects of climate change,” he said.

A cornerstone of the administration’s strategy, Uzoma explained, is building structured agricultural hubs in all 774 local government areas of the country. “For the first time in our history, there will be a government-led, private-sector-driven organisation in every LGA, supported by low-interest facilities to boost real productivity,” he said.

He further underscored the revival and expansion of the Green Imperative Project, predicting a “quantum leap” in food production within the next decade. “This will stabilise food security, increase exports, and significantly contribute to economic diversification,” Uzoma noted.

Citing current trends, Uzoma pointed to falling prices of staple crops such as rice, maize, and ginger as early evidence of the program’s success. “In the coming months, these benefits will be felt even more at kitchen tables across the country,” he assured.

He also highlighted a remarkable surge in wheat output. “We increased wheat production more than ten-fold. In fact, we’re now lobbying flour mills in Nigeria to purchase more from our local farmers,” he said.

Uzoma emphasised that the government is not only focused on inputs but is also delivering machinery, equipment, and infrastructure support to farmers nationwide.

With these initiatives, the Tinubu administration is positioning agriculture as the backbone of Nigeria’s economy—driving job creation, enhancing food security, and laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity.