It is quite problematic that at a time when sub-Saharan African countries should be focused on socio-economic development to wipe out poverty and help Africa catch up with the rest of the world, in terms of human development, the continent is instead having to deal with existential threats that drive budget expenditure that should go to boost education, healthcare, and industrialisation, to security and defence needs.
As countries in the Middle East and North Africa consider the slightly terrifying prospect of a post-oil economy and are retooling their social and economic models to prepare for the future, Jihadists are redirecting their efforts to sub-Saharan Africa and particularly the Sahel, where the political and social commitment to stability and economic development is much less of a priority, making it an incubator for more terrorism.
Nigeria’s agricultural sector has also been severely affected by the insecurity-fuelled displacement of more than 2.6 million people, mostly in the largely agrarian North. The impact of this violence on agricultural output means that as the supply of foodstuff dipped, prices have gone up, with staples like beans and tomatoes having a 253 per cent and a 123 per cent hike in prices, respectively.
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