Nigerian lawmakers are under scrutiny for violating the country's law and spending billions of naira on unnecessary renovations while ignoring the needs of public works departments. This comes alongside a special report on how disinformation fueled ethnic tensions in Kaduna and the dark world of illicit tin mining in Plateau. The Media Development Conference 2024 (MDC 2024) in Abuja highlighted the need for a unified approach to tackle climate change and food insecurity.
Nigerian lawmakers violate country’s law, ignore PWD’s needs despite spending N42 billion on renovationsSPECIAL REPORT: How disinformation fueled ethnic tensions in KadunaBeneath the Surface: The Dark World of Illicit Tin Mining in PlateauNigerian lawmakers violate country’s law, ignore PWD’s needs despite spending N42 billion on renovationsSPECIAL REPORT: How disinformation fueled ethnic tensions in KadunaGroup photograph of speakers at the...
Mr Adegoroye said poor finance, limited training, lack of community support, and inadequate access to information are major obstacles to achieving food sufficiency in the country.He emphasised the need for specific technical skills as well as business and enterprise education for farmers to better understand farming practices and to avoid mistakes that would result in losses.
She explained that some women farmers lease farmland, only to face sudden eviction by landowners just before harvest time.Food prices in Nigeria have been on the rise in recent years, a trend that worsened in 2023 following President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove petrol subsidies and allow the naira to float. In response to growing concerns about food shortages and high inflation, the governmentAccording to Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics , food inflation surged to 39.
The average annual food inflation rate for the 12 months ending October 2024 was 38.12 per cent, representing an 11.79 percentage point rise from the 26.33 per cent recorded in October 2023.
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