Nigeria’s Rising Palm Oil Imports Undermine Food, Economic Security-OPGAN

The Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) has warned that the country’s growing dependence on imported palm oil is threatening food security, draining foreign exchange and weakening the nation’s economic resilience, calling for urgent investment in local production and support for smallholder farmers.
The National President of OPGAN, Joe Onyiuke, made the call on Tuesday during a panel discussion at the Delta State Economic and Investment Summit 2026 in Asaba, where he described oil palm as a strategic crop capable of driving rural development, creating jobs and lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
He said Nigeria possesses the land, climate and human resources need...