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September 21, 2019
TheFood and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has said that Nigeriaand 40 other nations across the world are in need of external food assistance.
FAOsaid this in its latest quarterly report, titled Crop Prospects and FoodSituation.
Thecountries on the list, which include 31 in Africa, remained unchanged over thelast six months.
The41 countries currently in need of external food assistance are: Afghanistan,Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central AfricanRepublic, Chad, Congo, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DemocraticRepublic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq,Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania,Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia,South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen andZimbabwe.
Itwould be recalled that the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele had onThursday told Nigerian governors that the nation spends about $1.2bn to importfish annually.