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Number 81 on the 2024 list
Abubakar Kyari is a minister of agriculture and food security from Nigeria, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for opening a 150-day duty-free import window for staple grains as food prices climbed.
As food prices climbed, Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, announced on 8 July 2024 a 150-day duty-free import window for maize, husked brown rice, wheat and cowpeas, through land and sea borders, with imports subject to a recommended retail price. He also said the federal government would import 250,000 tonnes each of wheat and maize to replenish the strategic grain reserve.