Former Nigerian president condemns veg imports from South Africa
Obasanjo said in Abuja that, despite the massive land and good vegetation in the country, a larger percentage of vegetables used by hotels in Lagos are being imported.
The former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain said it was inappropriate and as such, every Nigerian should become a major stakeholder to reposition the agriculture sector.
“Let’s do something, we must all pledge to do something positive, let us be producers, we are all consumers, but we can do more than that. You are either a producer, a financier, a researcher, an enabler, an advocate, a processor, a marketer or an exporter.
“We have the land, we have the population, we are about 180 million, now let me digress a little bit, almost all the vegetables that the hotels in Lagos are using are being imported from South Africa - carrots, lettuce and cucumber. Now the population of South Africa is only 50 million, we are 180 million and we cannot produce vegetables? I think it is shameful.”
source: thenationonlineneg.net
