Senator Abubakar Kyari, CON, Nigeria’s Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has emerged as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations agency dedicated to transforming rural livelihoods and ending hunger worldwide.his landmark emergence places Nigeria at the very heart of global decision-making on food security, rural development, and smallholder farmer empowerment, at a time when the world faces unprecedented pressure from climate change, conflict, and economic instability.
Accepting the responsibility with humility and resolve, Senator Kyari described the role as a solemn obligation to millions of rural women and men whose hopes depend on the decisions of IFAD’s Governing Council, the institution’s highest decision-making body responsible for shaping policies, safeguarding IFAD’s financial strength, and setting its strategic direction.
He also paid tribute to the visionary leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, whose commitment to agricultural transformation and food security has strengthened Nigeria’s voice on the global development stage, as well as the collective support of Nigeria’s leadership and institutions driving the country’s renewed agricultural diplomacy.
