• Makinde: It’s a shame we can’t feed ourselves President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, at the weekend, faulted the Federal Government’s plan to allow the massive import of staple food to crash prices, describing the decision to suspend duties and taxes on imported food commodities as ‘depressing’.     Last week, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, said duties, tariffs, and taxes on the importation of maize, husked brown rice, wheat, and cowpeas will be suspended through Nigeria’s land and sea borders for 180 days to ease the price hike of food

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