The Republic of Ireland has rejected and returned five
containers of beans exported from Nigeria after the
products were received with heaps of weeviles.
It remains unclear when the export was made, but
exportation of beans from Nigeria is currently banned by
the European Union.
Inspecting the rejected agricultural product at the PTML
Terminal, Tin Can Port Lagos the minister of state for
Agriculture, Lopobiri said that the containers were returned
because heaps of weevils were detected in them by
Republic of Ireland Quarantine Service.
He said, “Currently there is no more dollars oil and so, we
need dollars from agriculture. We are in trade deficit with
every other country in the world including Cameroun, and
Benin Republic.
“So, we are trying to encourage as much export as possible
so that we can substitute petrol-dollars to agro-dollars.
“No government agency has right apart from Quarantine to
say that agro-products is banned for export or import, it is
the legal and exclusive responsibility of Quarantine Service.”

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Everything done in nigeria is done shabbily and sub standardly, we think other countries are like us where sub-standard products are allowed.