A member of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Parliament, Olujimi Biodun has blamed migration in the sub-region on food insufficiency.
Mrs. Olujimi, a Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District in Nigeria stated this on Thursday while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the Parliament delocalized meeting of its Joint Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources/ Infrastructure/ Energy and Mines/ Industry and Private Sector in Bissau, Capital of Guinea Bissau.
Senator Olujimi who is calling for enough budgetary allocation to agriculture, said if there was enough food in the sub-
region the menace of migration would be greatly addressed.
The MP speaking 1further called on ECOWAS states to empower women and youths to be more involved in Agriculture as a way of addressing food insecurity.
