Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has launched the Food For Peace initiative as part of efforts in resolving security challenges in the South East.
The event, which was held in Bende Local Council of Abia State recently, was consistent with the eight pillars of the recently unveiled Peace In South East Project (PISE-P), a novel idea initiated by Kalu, which canvasses a non-kinetic approach to resolving security challenges of the South East.
Subsumed under the agriculture and food security pillar of PISE-P, the event, captioned, ‘A Hungry Man Is An Angry Man,’ recognises the importance of food in the drive for peace in the region.
Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, Levinus Nwabughiogu, who disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, said the event will be the first step towards implementing the food for peace programme.
The launch witnessed the distribution of food items across the 17 local councils of Abia State and other areas in the region.
Details showed that over 6,000 bags of rice, 150 bags of beans, 80 bags of garri, 3,000 cartoons of spaghetti, 100 cartoons of vegetable oil and 3,000 pieces of wrappers were distributed across the local councils and other places.
The launch also featured the distribution of motorcycles, deep freezers, sewing and grinding machines, big capacity generators and pesticides sprinkling kits.
