President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina at the State House in Abuja. Their talks centred on food security for Nigeria. President Buhari applauded the 1.5 billion Dollars African Emergency Food plan developed by the AfDB, which is awaiting ratification by its board. The plan was developed to forestall food crisis in Africa owing to the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
According to the President, Nigeria is very much aware of the need for food security, and to encourage local farmers, the country closed its borders for about two years to curb smuggling, noting that they made some progress. The African Development Bank, boss also informed President Buhari of the bank’s prediction that Africa will lose 11 billion Dollars worth of food, owing to a fertilizer crisis expected to diminish food production by about 20 percent.
Chidozie Chima | September 20, 2024
