Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates has emphasized that improving agricultural productivity is crucial to addressing malnutrition, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has highlighted the challenges associated with local vaccine production in Nigeria, citing regulatory complexities and economic scale as significant barriers.
The Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, is set to visit Nigeria today to engage with stakeholders on health challenges, innovative solutions, and efforts to enhance nutrition in Africa.
“Nigeria today has the second-highest rate of food insecurity on earth, and climate change is only accelerating the problem,” Gates remarked. “Arable land has disappeared. Pests have wiped out harvests. And prices for staple foods have soared. Climate-related losses on many African farms are more than double those seen globally. The poorest farmers are the ones hit hardest, having to cope with more droughts, pests, and diseases, which in turn exacerbate food shortages and push up food prices.”
“After careful thought and reflection, I have decided to resign from my role as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” Melinda French Gates wrote in a statement posted on social media.
Barring unforeseen circumstance, the anxiety over names of those that may make the list of nominees to be submitted to the Senate for screening and confirmation as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might be put to rest this week.
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