The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has revealed that
Nigerians import everything, including Pizza from London.
Ogbeh said that those who order Pizza from London make their
orders in the morning through British Airways airlines.
He made the disclosure while appearing before the Senate
Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday.
According to Ogbeh, “Do you know, sir, that there are
Nigerians who use their cellphones to import pizza from London; they buy in
London and bring it on British Airways in the morning to pick up at the
airport. It is a very annoying situation and we have to move a lot faster in
cutting down some of these things.
”Nigeria is a nation of importers, toothpick every year
costs us 18 million dollars; tomato paste costs us 400 million dollars.
Meanwhile, a basket of tomatoes is less than N2,000.
“The farmers are losing money because the processors do not
have enough funds to set up factories. Two factories have started off. I am
sure by the end of next year we can comfortably tell the importers of tomato
paste to stop.”
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