National Crisis Alarm: Nigeria's Food Security Under Threat
Crippling over 35 million farmers and crushing 20 years of progress, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's policy shift towards open border policies and food importation has sparked a national crisis.
Earlier this year, a warning was sounded that this ill-advised policy risked "Reversing Nigeria's food security gains of the last 20 years." Unfortunately, the worst fears of Nigerian agricultural stakeholders have become a reality, devastating farming communities and the entire food value chain.
Reversing Nigeria's food security gains of the last 20 years.
In just one year, the wrongly advised food imports and open border policies have begun to dismantle the remarkable food production and security gains Nigeria achieved under Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.
Author's summary: Nigeria's food security is under threat due to President Tinubu's policies.