First Bank to host conference on food crisis

Odidison Omankhanlen, Lagos - 18.07.2008

AS part of efforts at seeking solutions to the lingering global food crisis, First Bank of Nigeria Plc has concluded plans to sponsor an international conference with the theme: “World Food Challenge: Nigeria’s Economic Opportunity.”

The conference is being organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and Agro-Nigeria. The two-day event slated for July 23 and 24, will hold at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja.

It is aimed at sensitising both private and public sector participants in the agricultural sector on the challenges of rapid developments in the sector as part of a process to ensure food security in the country in the next three years.

Facilitators for the conference would be drawn from international and local organisations, which include personnel from the World Bank, Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, Songhai Central and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) among others.