The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to invest $1 billion in the second phase of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme across 28 states in Nigeria. This ambitious initiative was revealed by AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, during the inauguration of a soybean plant and refinery by CSS Global Integrated Farms in Gora, Nasarawa State. Adesina emphasized that the refinery would help reduce Nigeria’s dependence on crude soybean oil imports, which totaled $62.2 million in 2023. In his address, Adesina called for urgent action from the Nigerian government to...