Nigeria: After Backlash, FG Suspends 3-Day Prayer for Food Security

Following backlash over its planned prayer sessions to achieve food security for Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has suspended its earlier directive for prayer and fasting sessions ‘for God’s guidance and success in supporting the government’s efforts to achieve food security.’

A leaked internal circular, dated June 11 signed by the ministry’s director of human resource management, Mrs. Adedayo Modupe, had invited top-level staff, including directors, deputy…