Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says their top priority is helping to reduce health inequality globally and getting rid of diseases like measles, malaria, and polio.

He said that besides health, the foundation also invests lots of money in the agricultural sector, noting that boosting agrarian productivity was critical to Nigeria’s economic development. This, he said, would be achievable through access to high-yield and climate-resistant seeds, fertilizers, improved and timely information and better weather predictions for farmers.

He emphasized that having access to a variety of low-cost foods, especially, milk and eggs is quite powerful in reducing malnutrition. Gates noted that the time was apt to utilize innovative ideas and tools in the health and agricultural sector to substantially reduce malnutrition.

Speaking further, he emphasized that Nigeria receives more of the billions spent by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
“We spend a lot in Asia, but we spend even more in Africa. The country we spend the most in Africa is Nigeria.

“That makes sense because of the population and because of the incredible needs that are here.

“That means that I’ve literally spent billions in Nigeria.

“I feel glad that things like the child mortality rate have come down, but we could do a lot better,” he said.