The Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor of Imo State, Prof Kenneth Amaeshi, speaks with Sami Olatunji, on how government at federal and state levels can navigate the challenging environment to boost revenue and cater to the needs of the ordinary citizens
COVID-19 orphaned 4,000 Nigerian children in 16 months – World Bank The Punch
Between March 2020 and July 2021, an estimated 4,000 children in Nigeria were orphaned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statistical report released on Tuesday by World Bank experts at the Imperial College of London.
The report also revealed that over 4,100 Nigerian children lost one or both primary caregivers in the same timeframe, while 4,300 lost one or both primary and secondary caregivers.
The World Banks’s Lead Economist, Laura Rawlings, and the Senior Technical Advisor, CDC COVID-19 International Task Force, Susan Hillis, in a different report published on the bank’s blog on Tuesday, stated that for every two people, who died of COVID-19, one child was left orphaned, which brought the global toll of orphaned children to two million at the end of June 2021.
Nigeria records N3.9tn agric trade deficit in four years The Punch
Published 18 July 2021
Nigeria’s imports of agricultural goods between January 2017 and March 2021 surpassed its exports in the period by N3.9tn.
The total value of trade in agricultural goods in the period under review was N6.2tn, comprising N5.04tn exports and while imports constituted N1.14tn, leading to a trade deficit of N3.9tn within the review period.
The total value of trade in agricultural goods in the period under review was N6.2tn, comprising N5.04tn imports and N1.14tn exports, with a trade deficit of N3.9tn.