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Silo maintenance, storage cost Nigeria N2.5bn in 12 months

By The Insight Team February 14, 2025 1103

mostbet mostbet pinup pinup mostbet sekabet By Emmanuel Kwada The Federal Government of Nigeria spent N2,534,863,003.11 on silo maintenance, storage, and procurement between 2023 and 2024, according to records obtained by The Insight from BudgIT’s accountability platform, GovSpend, on Friday. This sum was allocated to various contractors and service providers across multiple states for the rehabilitation, Continue Reading

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Governor Bago and Taking Niger’s Green Economy Agenda Serious

By The Insight Team September 22, 2024 689

By Aliyu Umar Aliyu   The Niger State Government, under the charismatic, visionary and pragmatic leadership of Rt. Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago, “The Farmer Governor”, last year launched an ambitious green initiative, aimed at revolutionising the state’s agricultural sector.   But the recent establishment of the Niger State Green Initiative Agency Continue Reading

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[Explainer] Why Nigeria is experiencing food scarcity

By The Insight Team June 25, 2024 1046 2

By Theophilus Abbah Scarcity, not caused by an increase in fuel price and devaluation of the Naira Crop production dipped since 2023 due to the activities of bandits Farmers in Plateau, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi Katsina prevented from planting and harvesting Irish potatoes, yam, rice, tomatoes, pepper, maize Waters from Bakalori dam, previously utilized by […]Continue Reading

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2023: Food inflation highest in Kogi State

By The Insight Team June 11, 2023 912

Key points Kogi ranked highest in food inflation in April 2023 according to NBS data; Second highest in all items inflation rate nationally An agriculture belt yet, Kogi is low in food production Most food consumed in the state comes from Benue State Movement of people in and out of Kogi State impact on prices […]Continue Reading

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Many Nigerians go hungry as food inflation increases

By The Insight Team May 5, 2023 920

How to tackle food inflation: World Bank Country Director By Daniel Adaji Nigeria food inflation is on the increase and many Nigerians may be food-insecure in the year 2023. As of March 2023, food inflation had risen to 24.45% on a year-on-year basis, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This increase resulted in […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria’s total trade hits N11.722bn in Q4 2022

By The Insight Team March 10, 2023 536

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s total merchandise trade stood at N11,722.44 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. This is according to the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q4 2022 released in Abuja on Friday. The NBS said total exports stood at N6,359.61 billion and total imports stood at […]Continue Reading