Politics How Shagari rebuffed pressure by ex-U.S. President Carter to flood Nigeria with American rice – Premium Times Nigeria

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With Nigeria still struggling to address its dependence on food imports, a declassified American diplomatic file has revealed how former President Shehu Shagari 39 years ago deftly fended off pressure by his United States’ counterpart, Jimmy Carter, to open up the Nigerian market to American rice....

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