By Emmanuel Ochayi LASU
A former foreign affairs minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has said the country needs to focus on the security and the agricultural sector to be able to overcome the global crisis caused by the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war.
Akinyemi stated this while delivering a lecture entitled: “Competing narratives on the Russian-Ukraine war” at the Second Distinguished Lecture Series, organised by the Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University(LASU) in Ojo.
The former minister noted that the Russian-Ukraine war was a threat to the world and it was imperative to focus on security and agriculture to be able to withstand the wave.
He said: “The first thing Nigeria needs to start doing actually is re-evaluating her strong domestic preparedness. We have got to focus on security because the combatants are leaving Europe and they are coming to Africa. This is part of why we are having this mobilisation in the Sahel. So you have to secure the entire country.
Secondly, is agricultural production; Nigeria needs to increase agricultural products and warehouse them, because, a hungry nation is an angry nation.”
Akinyemi, who stressed the need to adequately fund security agencies, urged youths to fight for what they want in the forthcoming election.
He said the incoming president should be prepared to work hard upon assumption of office.