CHANGE AGENDA: BUHARI DETERMINED TO ROLL BACK POVERTY - PRESIDENCY

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the release of 10,000 tons of grains from the national strategic grains reserves for national distribution to counter food price increases and the intolerably high exploitation of common people by the trader-class.

He has also directed the minister of agriculture to ensure that all the able-bodied men and women in IDP camps be assisted to return to farming immediately.

This is coming as a reaction to calls for government measures to ease hardship associated with food inflation.

The Presidency however asserts that the devastation of the economy was caused by the Boko Haram insurgency, corruption and the lack of planning by the past administrations and one that should not be blamed on the Change Agenda of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.