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Nigeria is pulling in $200 million from the World Bank Group, and the target is clear: bring down a fish import bill that currently sits at $1 billion a year. The loan is designed to boost domestic fish production, keeping more of that money inside the country rather than sending it abroad.
Fish is not a luxury item in Nigeria. It is a daily staple, central to soups, stews, and street food from Lagos to Kano. Depending on imports to meet that demand at this scale is a vulnerability the government is now moving to address.
The details of exactly how the funding will be deployed are still coming, but the ambition is to make Nigeria a stronger producer of its own food. Watch this space.
Originally published by BusinessDay.