realistic or deluded? akinwumi adesina, welcome to hardtalk. it s good to see you, stephen. it s great to have you here. you need the world to believe in a bright african future. how is that going right now? it s going pretty well. if you take a look at the african economic outlook we had from the african development bank, the gdp growth rate, gdp growth rates last year was 3.1%. this year, it s 3.7%. and next year, it s going to be 4.3%. now, why that is important is that that is well above the global average. you still have ten out of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world being in africa. yeah, it s not quite as good as it sounds because you have fast rising populations across africa. yes, but when you have a lot of global shocks like we have, increasing real interest rates, and you have also a lot of geopolitical risks, you have a lot of inflation all around the world, africa still has its head above the water. yeah, i agree with you that in terms of the population
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
The european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, publishing them again and again pours petrol on the flames. You talk about frustration with governments, now, but your whole career, basically, sounds as if its been banging your head against a brick wall. Great to see you, how are you . How do you feel, as president , that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . Oh, gosh, yes. We understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, In The Name Of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right . Cheers yeah to the next 20 years how come you all have water, and i have got wine . Thats terrible so go on, youve got to take us back to the first run. We want to hear, tim, your thoughts on how it all started, and what it was all like. You know, the strangest thing about starting it was that people didnt talk about the cont
The european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, publishing them again and again pours petrol on the flames. You talk about frustration with governments, now, but your whole career, basically, sounds as if its been banging your head against a brick wall. Great to see you, how are you . How do you feel, as president , that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . Oh, gosh, yes. We understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, In The Name Of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right . Cheers yeah to the next 20 years how come you all have water, and i have got wine . Thats terrible so go on, youve got to take us back to the first run. We want to hear, tim, your thoughts on how it all started, and what it was all like. You know, the strangest thing about starting it was that people didnt talk about the cont