For the first time since he assumed office in 2023, President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, identified with the plight of the common man and took governance seriously when he lamented the rising cost of food and the growing threat of hunger across the country.
The former Akwa Ibom State governor also called for urgent and coordinated national action to avert a worsening food crisis.
Akpabio made the call last Tuesday in his welcome address at the first sitting of the Senate as the Upper Chamber resumed plenary for 2026 after the Christmas and New Year recess,