Beyond encouraging importation of foodstuffs to mitigate the impact of hunger and food inflation, the federal government must also urgently demonstrate its ability to end the killing and abduction of farmers by bandits and herdsmen which have discouraged farming across the country, Wale Igbintade writes
The decision by the federal government to allow massive food importation last week angered the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, who described it as depressing.
At the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa retreat held in Abuja, Adesina, while speaking on the theme: ‘Food Security and Financial Sustainability in Africa,’ noted that Nigeria cannot rely on food imports to stabilise prices. He argued that such a move could undermine the country’s agricultural policy.
The prices of foodstuffs and other goods and services skyrocketed in Nigeria since President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of petrol…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
