FOOD CULTURE AND CUISINE IN NIGERIA
It is indeed a great privilege and honour to represent President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR and the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary; with concurrent accreditation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. It is heartwarming to be on this tour of duty while Nigeria celebrates its Diamond Anniversary! We are thankful for sixty (60) years of independence as a nation and we would have been rolling out drums to celebrate but for the current global pandemic. We toast to our health and well being! Despite the global pandemic, we could not miss the opportunity to publish our third brochure as part of our Independence Day publication series we started in 2018. This year’s publication will focus on ‘Food Culture and Cuisine in Nigeria. The cuisine in Nigeria is as diverse as our over two hundred and fifty (250) ethnic groups. We are endowed with arable land that allows us to grow every type of food in all the regions. Nigeria has many crops, grains, fruits, vegetables, tubers, drinks and foods which can be found across the entire nation even though some are unique to certain regions as well. This publication will attempt to showcase some of our tasty cuisines and food culture. I strongly believe that some of our cuisines should actually be enjoying international recognition if only people had knowledge of it.
