Nigeria Has No Money For Food Importation - Buhari

In a chat with journalists on Sunday at the State House, during the Eid fest, President Muhammadu Buhari said that the country had run out of money for the importation of food, further describing the effects of the pandemic as "frightening."

He compared the states of both the developed and developing worlds, stating that the disease had "reduced us...to the same level."

He said, “Nigerians can see that the COVID-19 has reduced us, both the developing and developed countries, to the same level.

“In fact, we have fewer casualties than they have. So, it’s a very frightening development.”

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He urged farmers to double down on their farming during this rainy season so that the country can have sufficient-enough food that would preclude the need for food importation.

He added, “I hope the rainy season would be bountiful so that we can get a lot of food.

“I wish the farmers will go to farms so that we can produce what we need in sufficient quantity so that we don’t have to import food.

“In any case, we don’t have any money to import food. So, we must produce what we are going to eat.”

He also urged Nigerians to take instructions set down by the Ministry of Health, stating that "we should be very careful.”

“I advise Nigerians to be very careful and take the advice of the Ministry of Health.

“The ministers of health have been doing very well, speaking and educating the citizens on the deadly virus. So, we should be very careful.”