AfDB, CBN to support Nigerian farmers to attain wheat sufficiency

Officials of the African Development Bank and that of the Central Bank of Nigeria, have assured wheat farmers in Nigeria of their support to help the country achieve self-sufficiency in wheat production.

Expert in wheat production from AfDB, Solomon Assefa, disclosed in Sokoto during the celebration of Green Field day by wheat farmers in Sokoto state.

He said the major objective of AfDB is to improve agricultural productivity in Africa and by extension the economy of the continent to be less dependent on food importation.

However, stakeholders are worried that despite the huge potential for wheat farming in Nigeria, over two trillion nairas were spent on wheat importation in 2020 alone.