From Maryam Ahmadu-Suka, Kaduna
As Kaduna State prepares to host the 2026 Annual Week and National Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), the Commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmed Maiyaki, has outlined concrete milestones underscoring the state’s readiness and reform trajectory.
Receiving the NIPR National Planning Committee led by Chief Yomi Badejo-Okusanya at the Ministry of Information, Maiyaki described Kaduna’s selection to host over 2,000 delegates as a strong external validation of its governance model—where improved security, agricultural revitalization, and strategic communication are converging to drive sustainable growth.
“This is not just a conference on food security,” he stated. “It is a conference hosted by a state actively demonstrating measurable progress.”
He noted that Kaduna has recently moved from red to amber in security assessments, reflecting renewed stability and investor confidence.
The conference, themed “Nigeria’s Food Security: From Policy Paper to Public Plate – The Imperative of Public Relations,” will hold from 19th to 25th April 2026 and will convene global PR experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to examine how strategic communication can bridge the gap between policy formulation and real impact on citizens’ dining tables.
To affirm the state’s preparedness and the credibility of its peace and economic agenda, Maiyaki highlighted that under Governor Uba Sani’s administration, Kaduna has distributed over 900 trucks of fertilizer to 200,000 smallholder farmers to boost productivity, restored commercial activity in Birnin Gwari with the weekly evacuation of 40 trucks of livestock, enabled more than 300,000 out of school children to enrol school as gains of the Kaduna Peace Model, upgraded and renovated 255 Primary Healthcare Centres to strengthen grassroots healthcare delivery.
“Food security is about the farmer who can cultivate without fear, a trader who can move goods freely, a child who can return to school, and a mother who can access healthcare. These are the foundations of stability—and the true meaning of putting policy on the public plate.”
“These are not abstract statistics,” Maiyaki emphasized.
