Nigeria's Minister of agriculture, Audu Ogbeh has said that the United States rejected yam exports from Nigeria because of their poor quality.


In June, Nigeria exported yams to China, United Kingdom and US as part of efforts to reduce dependence on oil and increase income from the agricultural sector.


The Minister vowed to investigate both the exporting company and officials of the ministry’s department of quarantine for allowing “such substandard good to leave the shores of the country”.


“Some consignment of yams were exported from Nigeria to the United States and according to reports we have today, they were found to be of poor quality,” he said.




“We will be investigating both the company that exported it and our quarantine department to check and find out why such a consignment left here.”


Ogbeh also said the price of rice will reduce substantially in the “next one month”.


The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Customs Service, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) were charged with the responsibility of ensuring that yams exported were properly checked and certified.


Others are Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC).


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Lies NIGERIA has 1 of dey best yams in the world y can't dey say US not interested in the yam business

To think that this was the achievement in the agricultural sector that this old otondo minister have been shouting as Buhari's achievement.What an embarrassment to Nigeria.

I remember asking the sense in exporting yams then while the price of yam skyrocketed locally.

The implication is that all the yams sent to the US was a waste of efforts and resources while we are made to pay indirectly for those delusional lapse.

We need fire brand economy drivers.

Buhari sef

But if you eat "Ola Ola" poundo yam produced in US...your life wont be the same again

"Ogbeh also said the price of rice will reduce substantially in the “next one month”. I SMELL LIES

The worst agriculture minister infected by the spirit of dullard

From wanting to import grass for cows to suggesting compulsory grazing land in every state for the murderous herdsmen and now yams.
This govt has failed from head to toe.

Bad news.

thundafire:
Lies NIGERIA has 1 of dey best yams in the world y can't dey say US not interested in the yam business

You think Na for mouth person take dey know bad yam?

They just wasted those yams. How many metric tonnes again?

The Great God is watching.

Paperwhite:
[s]To think that this was the achievement in the agricultural sector that this old otondo minister have been shouting as Buhari's achievement.What an embarrassment to Nigeria.[/s]

Now,people from the land of the rising shit will be happy and over the moon about this news.But,nevertheless we will make it by God's grace.

This country will be GREAT.

Audu Ogbeh and exportation of yam !!! every time yam yam yam..is yam the only cash crop that we have?

see his head like yam.




coming at a time when we expect the north to starting shouting our yam. like our oil from niger delta people.

The yam way never do us eat finish they want are taking it out to look for dollars is that not a way of making the commodity to be scarce and expensive.

Lets build on food security instead.

Yeah, load it with pesticides and strange hormones and watch America hug those yams.

thundafire:
Lies NIGERIA has 1 of dey best yams in the world y can't dey say US not interested in the yam business

When a man of over 80 years is minister of agriculture what do you expect

Quality kwa..

More reason we need to upgrade our various schools of agriculture.

In Canada, there's a department of agriculture under Computer Science.

Jus negodu our minister of Agriculture. How can d same goat who was making noise about our farm exports tell Nigerians dat why d US rejected d Yam we and our forefathers have been eating is becos its poor quality.

Which kind thing be this one again now? I was hoping for forex.
America shld just tell us they are broke & cant afford our yams #shikena

some have food but kannot eat...
some can eat but have no food....


yam weh we dey find for here,we nor see na im some people dey reject....
abi we don put sonthing inside

Is anyone in this administration better than their predecessor?

Because all I can see is regression.

What an insult, the exported yam will end up in their dumping ground or used as feed for their livestock whereas we are here hungry....

Y na. . . oh bcuz d yam no high persn abi.....america 2lik highness

M

Yam rejection This is CEREEEEIOUS

Thank God, at least yams will now be cheap for local consumption

Abeg let me ask. How many tubers of yams have we actually exported and how much have the ministry of Agric spent on advert and media propaganda of our yam exports.
If we minus the amount spent on promoting this yam export on every media outlet from the sales made, will there be any profit truly made?

I no read the news but i know say na lie.. .APC fit lie