The International Monetary Fund IMF has charged Nigeria to brace up for the effect of climate change and this year’s floods.
African Department official IMF, Mai Farid stressed that food prices may rise.
Farid made the assertion during a session on ‘Climate Change and Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa’.
She said the IMF is aware of how the floods have impacted communities in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.
The IMF official noted that the floods have affected some of the transportation networks which has made it difficult for food to be transfer across borders.
She advised governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to invest in early warning system technology and infrastructure.
The 2022 floods in Nigeria have affected several states across regions, killing more than 300 people, destroying properties and farmlands in Adamawa, Anambra, Borno, Delta, Imo, Jigawa, Katsina, Lagos, Kogi, Borno, Taraba, Yobe, among other states.
