COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE VALIDATION MEETING OF THE SURVEY ON CASSAVA BREAD INITIATVE CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN TRADERS - NANTS. - The National Association of Nigerian Traders NANTS

NANTS organized a validation meeting of the outcome of the survey it conducted on the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Cassava Bread Initiative (CBI). The survey was undertaken to measure the level of awareness among the population and compliance with the policy among the policy beneficiaries. The survey is part of NANTS project on monitoring budget and policy structures in Nigeria tagged “Nigeria Agriculture Policy and Investment Observatory”-NAPIO which is supported by the Federal Public Administration Reform arm of the DFID (FEPAR). The validation meeting which took place at the Nuggets Hotel – Abuja on the 10th September 2013, brought together over 50 participants from the civil society, farmers and their cooperatives, media, government, development partners, and specifically, bread bakers and flour millers.