Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has warned against the continued importation of food to Nigeria, which he said could expose the country to more “external shocks”.
Buhari gave the warning in Abuja while receiving the new Bulgarian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Vesselin Blagoer Delcher.
According to him, the unbridled importation of food contributed in no small way to the depletion of Nigeria’s foreign reserves and deprived Nigerian citizens of job opportunities.
He said his administration would vigorously implement policies that would revive the nation’s agricultural sector and reposition it as the mainstay of the economy.
He assured that government would evolve and implement policies that would help the country become self-sufficient in food production stressing that the country does not have unlimited resources to continue the importation of food items that can be produced locally.
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