The European Union has extended its ban on importation of dried beans from Nigeria by three years.
Dr Vincent Isegbe, the Coordinating Director, Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), disclosed this Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
It would be recalled that EU banned importation of Nigeria’s dried beans in June 2015 on ground that the produce contains high level of pesticide considered dangerous to human health.
Isegbe, however, lamented that the extension came when the Federal Government and its relevant agencies were working to ensure that the June dateline to lift the ban was met. The director quoted the official journal of the EU, of accusing Nigeria of not doing enough to lift the ban during the period of suspension.
“The continued presence of dichlorvos (pesticide) in dried beans imported from Nigeria and maximum residue levels of pesticides show that compliance with food law requirement as regards pesticide residual cannot be achieved in the short term.
“The duration of the importation prohibition should therefore be extended for an additional period of three years to allow Nigeria implement the appropriate risk-management measure and provide required guarantees.
“The measures provided for in this regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the standing committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,” Isegbe further quoted the journal as saying.
He, however, said the extension should serve as opportunity for stakeholders to put their hands together to correct the mistake. Isegbe called for sensitisation of stakeholders, especially farmers to do the needful from the farming stage and ensure that this embarrassment do not repeat itself.

https://www.today.ng/business/135319/extends-ban-beans-import-nigeria-three-years?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4307777938

too many meetings without action. not to talk of the effects on nigerians health

Nigeria is very careless and disorganised

my prediction is finally coming to pass. that Buhari will fall out of favor from the western world.

Buharis bad luck is unprecedented.

Its only in nigeria that a president would just wake up nd his ancestors would ask him to stop transportation even with introducing somtin that would replace it.

Emekamex:

“The continued presence of dichlorvos (pesticide) in dried beans imported from Nigeria and maximum residue levels of pesticides show that compliance with food law requirement as regards pesticide residual cannot be achieved in the short term.
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He, however, said the extension should serve as opportunity for stakeholders to put their hands together to correct the mistake. Isegbe called for sensitisation of stakeholders, especially farmers to do the needful from the farming stage and ensure that this embarrassment do not repeat itself.

https://www.today.ng/business/135319/extends-ban-beans-import-nigeria-three-years?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4307777938

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So, all the EWA AGONYI we are eating in the country contains dichlorvos? But since EWA no kill anyone yet, time to reduce consumption from twice daily to just thrice daily.

You can`t go wrong with EWA. bee ni o

Una never chi chumtin

Agunechemba1:
Una never chi chumtin

Oh boy. People don begin chi pepper under this AP-Charlatan govt.

You block many import from EU and expect successful export to them. Even if na me i will even ban buhari entrying EU. Nonsense

Just put a ban on dichlorvos (pesticide) in dried beans and people will buy your beans.

Will you accept to eat a meal with dichlorvos (pesticide) in it?

Go for the solution instead of getting stuck into a problem

Every Since Buhari became president,
Nigeria has become synonymous with bad news!

If we dont want bad news anymore, we need to get rid of Buhari

Beans wey never reach us to eat b4... Thank u Eu

Fvck this APC


Fvck the dualard


Fvck all his followers


Thought all these his European,Asia etc tour was to mediate and find a lasting solution towards our economy
If they starting placing bans on our exports how else do you think the economy will grow

The same beans whose ban was reported to have been lifted due to Buhari's foreign trips?
The authorities should do the right thing and Buhari wouldn't need to travel to negotiate beans export as our trade partners will buy naturally.

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so na because of exportation of beans, dats why beans cost! Thank God say they Don bounce them back. With this positive development, beans that normally sell for #200 per derica before should henceforth sell for #100 or less.

That will bring down the price of beans in the market.

I though zombies said bubu travels is to repair rltionships which Jonathan destroyed with other countries in europe.. Hw come d ban still stands or is bubu just going to charge his fone as wailers said...
Well we are still waiting for his travles to start yielding positive results

Nigerian agencies always asleep or looking to cut corners. What happened to just keeping to laid down guidelines to avoid unneccessary issues?

We should retaliate like Russia by banning GMO foods and plants in Nigeria from Monsanto, GSK, Glasgow etc including apple imports from EU. Imperialists giving flimsy excuses.
How about we banning their apples with preservatives that we spend billions to import when we have guava, mango, orange, apricot and beautiful fruits here.
The EU is subsiding their farmers to produce beans and dont want cheaper beans from Nigeria yet they want us to devalue the Naira

We will not sign it still

forget.
EU will always find a reason to discourage the import of whatever is not coming from EU.
m not surprised at all.
they protect their local manufacturers even at the expense of unaffordability

This is an indication how careless our Health Managers are?

Imagine the unregulated amount of toxin Nigerians consume. The failure of Kidney, Liver and other diseases seems to be on the rise because our Food and Crop Inspectors are casual with their job.

Plus given the required time to meet the EU export specification, no tangible plan was set out to achieve this.

O God save us from those we entrust to secure our well being.

it is better to under go these bottlenecks now and get them right to enjoy later, than to enjoy now and suffer at the later end. bombing, banning, blocking etc.; will become history someday.
NIGERIA SHALL BE GREAT AGAIN.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA
GOD BLESS BUHARI

To me this is a good development cos exporting our beans leads to shortage of ewa agoin

Huh!?

can't we jux wake up one morning without reading or hearing any bad news about d Nation's economy??

War everywhere