The Senate has asked the Federal Government to introduce food stamps programme as a measure to cushion the effect of hunger and food crisis in the country.

It also urged the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to liaise with development partners and other relevant stakeholders, especially the Lagos Food Bank Initiative, which introduced Temporary Food Assistance Programme, a few years ago.

Food stamps is a supplemental nutrition assistance programme which will be a supplemental nutrition assistance programme that provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income people to help them maintain adequate nutrition and health.

 


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