Meanwhile, the Emir of Zazzau and Grand Patron of the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, KADCCIMA, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamali, has called on the northern region to wake up and address extreme hunger.

Speaking at the 3rd KADCCIMA Award of excellence ceremony in Kaduna, the emir said the region does not need a soothsayer to tell it that hunger crisis is coming and it needs to wake up because agriculture is the mainstay of the economy.

He also congratulates the awardees who he said have made invaluable contributions to the economy of the country in their different spheres of life particularly in the Northern region.