 President Bola Ahmed Chinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security, approving that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability as essential livelihood items be included within the purview of the National Security Council. This was contained by the special advisor to the president on special duties, communications and strategy Delia Lake, while briefing state house correspondents after consultations with key stakeholders in the agricultural sector of the presidential villa Abuja. According to Lake, the president has directed an immediate release of fertilizers and grains to farmers and households to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal. As a hands-on leader who follows developments across the country every day, the president is not unmindful of the rising cost of food and how it affects the citizens. While availability is not a problem, affordability has been a major issue to many Nigerians in all parts of the country. This has led to a significant drop in demand, thereby undermining the viability of the entire agriculture and food value chain. Accordingly and in line with this administration's position on ensuring that the most vulnerable are supported, the president has declared with immediate effect the following actions. One, a state of emergency on food security. Two, that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability as essential livelihood items be included within the purview of the National Security Council. Now as a direct and immediate response to this crisis, a number of initiatives will be deployed in the coming weeks to reverse this inflationary trend and guarantee future uninterrupted supplies of affordable foods to ordinary Nigerians. As with most emergencies, there are immediate, medium and long-term interventions and solutions. In the immediate time, this government intends to deploy some savings from the full subsidy removal into the agricultural sector, focusing on revamping the agriculture sector.