President of the Foundation "Farm and Infrastructure" Professor Gbolagade Ayulla urged the National Assembly to adopt the bill "The right to food".
Speaking as a participant in the discussion at the two-day summit, said: "Lactating futures for Africa", organized by the Agenda for Human Development and the Environment in Lagos, Ayola urged the Senate to pass the bill without delay, as it recognizes the right of every Nigerian to have access to food.
He added that the bill, if adopted, would deal with almost 80 percent of the problems related to food security.
He said that the government only saw food as a human need or as something that gave preference to citizens, "they did not respect the rights of citizens, implementing policies that promote food security."
Ayula noted that in developed countries the situation was different.
He said that this indicates that about three-quarters of its population (about 150 million people) suffer from acute malnutrition among the adult population, the backlog in children, the depletion of children and child mortality, due to the lack of food security in the country.
He added that some countries had adopted the concept of nutrition as a right or had transferred the right to food as the basis for the implementation of food policies.
"Civilized nations bring food out of the simple human need for fundamental human rights. In developed countries, governments recognized that the child has the right to good food and that the government is obliged to ensure its implementation, "he added.
The head, influencing and public participation, OXFAM, Dr. Saratu Abiola, noted that only three percent of Nigeria's budget is intended for agriculture, while the Malabi Treaty, which was signed by Nigeria, provides 10 percent.
She said: "If you look at the budget, only one percent is for irrigation, and they say that in Nigeria there is one producer-producer up to 10,000 farmers.
"Two percent of the budget in the field of agriculture is intended for distributing workers, two percent for access to quality seeds and materials, and a whopping 35 percent are intended for payment of wages.
"This means that what makes agriculture for small farmers, which make up 80 percent of the sector, does not receive the attention that it needs. We do not act like agriculture, it is important, and there is no improvement in the quality of agriculture. "
The Executive Secretary of the HEDA Resource Center, Mr. Suleymon Arigbabu, said that the summit was organized in cooperation with the National Orienteering Agency, Voices on Food Security, OXFAM and other stakeholders to inspire, facilitate, support and support 500 young entrepreneurs who will join revolution in agriculture.
He noted that young people and women use the results in agriculture with results.
He said: "This is even more instructive in the light of this year's theme of the International Youth Day, which is" Safe places for youth ". Agriculture certainly provides safe spaces for young people who can exert influence and create wealth. "
The two-day event discussed bottlenecks in politics that hamper the full participation of women and youth in agriculture and agribusiness, climate change and problems, ease of doing business for those who seek to increase value, and the right to food.