 In business news, the federal government says it spent $1.68 billion on food importation from January to September last year. The Central Bank of Nigeria announced this in a report on sectoral utilization of foreign exchange for the third quarter of 2021. According to the CBN, the government spent $163.60 million, $197.73 million and $171.05 million in January, February and March respectively, while $156.30 million, $135.72 million and $213.58 million were spent in April, May and June respectively. The report further revealed that $184.69 million, $188.88 million and $271.59 million were spent in July, August and September respectively. During the bankers' committee retreat in Lagos recently, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Gadrin MFULA, said Nigeria could produce enough to feed its citizens, so the government was ensuring the diversification of the economy.