Nigeria spent $6bn on the importation of wheat between 2016-2020
August 31, 2022
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said Nigeria spent $6bn on the importation of wheat into the country between 2016 and 2020, a period of five years.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mahmood Abubakar, disclosed this at the Stakeholders Validation Workshop of the National Wheat Strategy Document in Abuja.
He stated that with the growing population and consumption rate of wheat and…