Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and other 32 African countries would suffer more from the on going Russian war in Ukraine, the Director General, World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said.
The WTO Director General said the Russian war in Ukraine would cause hunger, more poverty, unaffordable food prices and riots in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and other 32 African countries.
Dr Okonjo-Iweala, according to a report by the Nigerian Standard Newspaper Online based in United States, said “the Knock-on effects of Russia’s invasion results in the dependence of many African countries on food supplies from the Black Sea region’
“I think we should all be very worried. The impact on food prices and hunger this year and next could be substantial”.
She noted that food and energy are the two biggest items in the consumption baskets of poor people all over the world.
“It is poor countries and poor people within poor countries that will suffer the most”, Okonjo-Iweala explained.
