Nigeria, April 16 -- Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, has commended President Bola Tinubu for the declaration of national emergency on food security.

Mr Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the declaration would stabilise the prices of food items and reduce economic hardship for millions of Nigerians.

The senator stated this in a statement on Tuesday.

The national emergency on food security was declared on Monday at the 6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage in Abuja by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, who represented President Tinubu at the event.

During the event, Mr Akume called for expanded irrigation infrastructure and participatory water resource manageme...