The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, has said the Service has begun the sale of seized food items to vulnerable Nigerians to tackle hunger across the country.
Adeniyi stated this on Tuesday on the floor of the House of
Representatives during the sectoral debate series which also had in attendance
the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari.
He said President Bola Tinubu has ordered that food items
produced in Nigeria and seized at the Nigerian land borders, be sold directly
to vulnerable Nigerians to ease the challenge of hunger in the country.
“Mr President has directed that we sell directly to needy Nigerians food items produced locally but which were seized. This is one of the ways to address hunger and food scarcity we are facing. We have started this in Lagos.
“Also, the President has also directed that imported food
items seized by the Nigeria Customs Service should be sold back to the local
markets for resale to Nigerians,’’ he said.
More to follow
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
This cannot solve the problem,
ReplyDeleteAvoid another stampede again,
Not only Lagos is hunger,
There hunger everywhere,
Open the border please,
Or import food , control market prices,
Let the refinery begin work,
Stop the sale of crude in foreign currency and buid machine factories to produce vehicles and even keke