President Muhammadu Buhari hascommended Nigerian farmers as they have been saving the country billions ofdollars annually which would have been spent on food importation. The President’s spokesman FemiAdesina, in a statement in Abuja today, said the President made his feelingsknown in a special video message on the occasion of the 2019 Farmers’ Day beingcelebrated in Obie, Rivers. Buhari, in the goodwill message,noted that such funds saved from food importation are now deployed to otherdevelopmental projects, particularly infrastructure. He added that the impressiveperformance of farmers had put the country on the path of food self-sufficiencypresently being enjoyed across the country. The President observed that farmershad responded positively to initiatives by government to empower and strengthentheir hands, and pledged that his administration would continue to stand by thefarmers in event of natural disasters such as floods.