World Bank’s lead Agricultural Economist and Regional West Africa Agriculture Productivity Programme for Nigeria (WAAP) Task Team Leader GFADR, Dr. Abdoulaye Toure, said during the sixth joint World Bank/Government Implementation Support Mission (ISM) in Lagos that supporting the fishery industry will increase economic opportunities, boost growth, reduce poverty and improve people’s lives.

Dr. Toure, who was accompanied by Deputy Director, IDA, IER Department, Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr. Aisha Omar, and the National Coordinator, WAAPP Nigeria, Prof Damian Chikwendu, said the bank is determined to improve fisheries management and increase the economic benefits for families.

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