PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(5 March 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Nigerian government on bilateral cooperation to improve food security.

Asked by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)

The UK has raised food security with Federal and State Government representatives in Nigeria. This includes discussions on supporting food availability, access, utilisation and stability, including through relevant Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) programming. Officials have discussed efforts to address food insecurity in recent meetings with Nigeria's Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit, Nigeria's new Federal Ministry of Livestock and Development, and Kaduna State Government. Officials and other development partners have stressed to the Nigerian Government the importance of implementing the World Bank funded Social Safety Nets programme as a matter of urgency to help address food insecurity.

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