ADB gives
FG $134m For Food Production.
African Development Bank says it is helping Nigeria to
solve food crisis which has seen prices of food items continue to rise in the
country, leading to increasing hunger.
Disclosing this in a chat with newsmen on Wednesday, the
President of the AfDB, Akinwunmi Adesina, said the bank provided the sum of
$134 million to Nigeria for its emergency food production program.
The former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture said the AfDB
has supported the cultivation of wheat, rice, maize, cassava and soy beans in
Nigeria, especially the Northern part of the country.
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