Nigeria’s food insecurity: declaring a state of emergency isn’t a real solution - here’s what is

Posted on Mon 31 July 2023 in Nigeria • Tagged with Food security, food insecurity, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tinubu, India, Kenya, Cameroon, Algeria

In 2022, government launched one million rice paddies, stacked in 15 pyramids, but the country’s food crisis has persisted. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College

Nigerians doing their grocery shopping in July 2023 are paying 25% more for staple items than they did a year …


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Nigeria’s new foreign exchange policy is good news - but it can’t work wonders for the economy on its own

Posted on Thu 22 June 2023 in Nigeria • Tagged with Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tinubu, APC, Naira, Dollar, IMF

A man exchanges Nigeria’s Naira for US dollars in Lagos in April 2021. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College

The Central Bank of Nigeria recently announced changes to the way the country’s foreign exchange market will work. Foreign currencies can now be bought …


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