“Because food may be a problem and I don’t think most African countries have gone as far as they should go into food production during this year.” FoodCrisis FoodProduction Obasanjo
He spoke at the weekend at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Lake Pond, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, where he flagged off a fish-farming project.
Obasanjo, who was visibly elated by the new farm, said the idea came from his thinking out of the box, “as what is next after the novel pandemic coronavirus in the world will be food crisis in Africa.” “Because food may be a problem and I don’t think most African countries have gone as far as they should go into food production during this year.”
“There may be food problem in the continent after the COVID-19 pandemic. We must think out of the box to get this solved now,” Obasanjo said.
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