Give us our daily bread…, By Wole Olaoye

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Give us our daily bread…, By Wole Olaoye

If I were President Tinubu, I would organise a private retreat with AfDB’s Adesina, Afreximbank’s Benedict Oramah and other technocrats and experts in allied specialities to help chart an escape route for the ship of state away from this food importation iceberg… Despite being touted as the food basket of Africa, Nigeria has spent over […]

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