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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has emphasized the importance of a regional food storage system for the ECOWAS sub region in order to ensure food security, peace and accelerated development for the millions of people in West Africa and beyond. Speaking at the virtual International Conference on the West African Food Security Storage System in Accra on Monday May 10, Vice President Bawumia said although individual countries are making efforts towards ensuring local food security, a concerted, collective effort is important to ensure security for all. “At a time when the global community, and indeed Africa, is reeling from…