Nigeria has spent N258.3billion on wheat importation in the first three months of this year, despite the government's continuous push to drive local production, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) trade report shows.
The commodity, which is the third most imported good for the perio
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
