AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoClimate Risk & Agriculture: NiMet and partners trained agricultural extension officers on climate risk management in Abuja, aiming to help farmers use weather and climate guidance for planting dates, crop choice and water management. Air Pollution Monitoring: Africa’s universities are using AI plus low-cost sensors to track air pollution more accurately, with projects already working across multiple countries including Nigeria. Food Security Financing: FG and BOA launched a renewed hope smallholder financing programme to raise grain output from 11m to 25m tonnes, with loans and farm inputs for hundreds of thousands of farmers. Clean Transport & Jobs: Edo State plans an electric tricycle manufacturing and assembly plant with US investors, pushing local EV value-chain growth. Health Insurance Push: Stakeholders warned that only 5–8% of Nigerians have health insurance, urging faster enrolment to prevent families from falling into poverty after illness. Road Safety Rights Debate: The Christian Council of Nigeria asked lawmakers to review FRSC bill provisions that fine preaching/hawking in commercial buses, saying it could infringe constitutional freedoms. Rail Security: NRC pledged to keep working with police to protect railway tracks after recovering about ₦200m in stolen materials. Poverty & Hunger Alarm: ADC cited World Bank/WFP figures—139m in poverty and 17m facing acute hunger—calling for policy reversal.
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