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FG assures devastating flood won’t cause food scarcity in Nigeria
By Adeleye Kunle
The Federal Government has promised food security in Nigeria despite the devastating floods in recent months.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubaka,r spoke at a news conference on the impact of the flood.
Hundreds of citizens, property, crops and farmlands have been destroyed in several states.
In October, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) charged Nigeria to brace up for the effect of climate change.
“The supply of agricultural production is going to drop which will put further pressure on prices”, said IMF African Department official, Mai Farid.
But Abubakar assured that the government was making sure that the floods did not affect food production