The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, has said the high cost of food items in Nigeria was caused by global conflicts.
Papers News reports that Senator Jibrin said President Bola Tinubu was doing enough to address the country’s challenges, but the effects of Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine wars were affecting cost of food prices.
The Deputy Senate President stated this on Thursday, as he joined the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, to welcome the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, and his supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to his party, at Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Abuja.