Lagos—Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President-elect of the African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to replicate Nigeria’s energy nutritious foods model at the continental level, an official has said.

Mr Olukayode Oyeleye, the spokesman of the AfDB president-elect, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos yesterday.

He said Adesina was prepared to bring to bear his experience as Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development at the continental level by enhancing the nutritional value of African foods.

“Nutrition issues are very broad-based and there are so many drivers of nutrition development.

“His (Adesina) involvement and knowledge about this will also benefit Nigeria very greatly.

“Take for instance, he started on the issue of high energy nutritious foods and also linking that with poverty, especially in some part of the country like in the North East and North West.

“And then of course linking it with the fact of this insurgency which is actually displacing a lot of people. He is going to be involved in support in the area of nutrition too.”