He said the warning became necessary because the country’s projected population would have reached 450 million people by then. The minister spoke at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti at the weekend during a lunch organised in his honour by the founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN). The minister described the 400-bed Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital as one of the best in the world, noting that it as a wasteful venture for any Nigerian to be seeking medical treatment abroad, given the facilities in the hospital. He said: “Before President Buhari came, Nigeria was losing $9billion revenue earnings annually in the agric sector. In Nigeria, we are not producing enough fish to feed our population, which is why we are relying heavily on importation.

Source: The Guardian February 04, 2019 03:56 UTC