Nigerias agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. When president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. Instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. There is widespread Food Insecurity in the north and growing unrest. Why cant this Oil Rich Nation with plenty of farmland feed its own people and enjoy greater stability . Minister audu ogbeh, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for inviting me here. Weve seen 2 Million People displaced by boko haram in the north of nigeria. Terrible Food Insecurity there now. The Un Humanitarian Office is warning of severe food shortages. Nearly half a million children face acute malnutrition and that people will die if aid is not given. Are you managing to get these people some food to eat . We are managing to get them some food. My ministry sent over 10,000 tonnes of grain, about four months ago. On a regular basis the National Emergency Management Authority sends anything up to half a M
Nigerias agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. When president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. Instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. There is widespread Food Insecurity in the north and growing unrest. Why cant this Oil Rich Nation with plenty of farmland feed its own people and enjoy greater stability . Minister audu ogbeh, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for inviting me here. Weve seen 2 Million People displaced by boko haram in the north of nigeria. Terrible Food Insecurity there now. The Un Humanitarian Office is warning of severe food shortages. Nearly half a million children face acute malnutrition and that people will die if aid is not given. Are you managing to get these people some food to eat . We are managing to get them some food. My ministry sent over 10,000 tonnes of grain, about four months ago. On a regular basis the National Emergency Management Authority sends anything up to half a M
makes her an expert. sonya. thank you so much for being with me. this gallup poll shows that we talked about disparities on this show a lot here. there really isn t one blacks, whites, hispanics, all. what about 70% say that these debts pushed back those major life decisions? how should that inform the conversation we have about a loan forgiveness and student loan programs in this country well, thank you so much for having me this morning. i think it s a very, very important conversation as we look to see what the biden administration will be doing very soon in the next coming months with their proposed second chance at forgiveness. sit alone that affects everyone whether we re thinking about homebuying, where we re thinking about marriage the challenge here is that payments are very high, interest is high, and there doesn t seem to be a lot of elif, insight. four americans, particularly those that are in, i would say the age range of 30 years old, the fifth years old, whether you
let people leave. but made very little progress towards peace and no agreement being secured for a 10 day truce. timothy is a retired former us ambassador to sudan and they re joining us now from cambridge, massachusetts and thank you so much forjoining us this evening to give us your thoughts on the situation. delighted to be with you. someone who knows the country well, what if you made of the last four weeks under such rapid deterioration and the impact on civilians there? it s a catastrophe of course. these military figures simply had no concept of where they were going, they hope for knockout blows and it didn t work, it never has, least of all in sudan. and even with such a preponderance of force, the russians have been unable to do it in ukraine and as for the situation in
development now we rank number 9 in the world. how in the hell does that happen? china was number 8 decades ago. today they are number 2. and we are number 9. and a lot of countries are closing in fast. i don t want to wish any other country well, but we have the best scientists researchers and people in the world. how in god s name do we let this happen. think about it. with your help i signed a law when i suggested it people thought what are you doing? it s called the chips and science act. and guess what [applause] i asked the ceos of this company and i ve met with them all, the fortune 500 companies, etc., i asked them, when the united states government invests in a considerable amount resources of new industry does it encourage orag everyone says it