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What’s being done to help people living in poverty in Nigeria?

We hear from a food bank in Lagos set up to help pregnant women, mothers and malnourished children

According to the World Bank 4 in 10 Nigerians live below the national poverty line. Skyrocketing food and energy prices over the past 12 months have made life for many there much harder.

So with the Nigerian presidential and parliamentary elections just days away, Africa Daily’s Alan Kasujja decided to visit a food bank in Lagos to look at how the most vulnerable are being helped to feed themselves.

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