President Muhammadu Buhari has Arrived Senegal for the 2nd Dakar International summit On Agriculture on Tuesday January 24th 2023.
The conference, which seeks to create favourable conditions toward achieving food security in Africa, is convened jointly by the government of Senegal and the African Development Bank.
There will also be side meetings to discuss agreements on the delivery of food and agricultural products in some countries, including Nigeria.
With Africa accounting for 249 million or a third of the 828 million hungry people in the world, the Summit, to be attended by African Heads of State and Government, Ministers of finance and agriculture, as well as several global development partners, is expected to make commitments on eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030.