British Airways has offered to fly Nigerian yams to the United Kingdom in a bid to sustain the export of the produce. Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this during a chat with the press in Abuja, weekend.



He said: “British Airlines just called and said they are willing to fly the yams. You know when they are leaving Nigeria they carry no cargo, it is only when Nigerians are coming back that they overload the whole place with hand luggage. So they said the luggage holes can take one or two tons of yams.

“DHL flies cargo planes into Nigeria daily, 747 planes and they go back largely empty. They have to fill the aircraft with sand bags to balance the weight. They said arrange let’s fly this thing, we will give you discounts. “The Russian Ambassador came to my office to ask if we can sell them fruits— pawpaw, avocado pears, bananas, mangos. He came in with his jet.”



Chief Audu Ogbeh insisted that there was no alternative to exportation of agricultural produce as the realities of oil and gas export had made the future very bleak. “Many countries, we have been told will in 10years or 15years be using electrical cars; it is time for us to get ready because in five years, they will probably get there. “Tesla is a group in the US, their electrical cars are now able to drive 500kms on a single charge and it takes eight minutes to recharge, almost faster than your cell phone and you can clock another 500kms.

“What do we do when that time comes and oil is gone and there is nothing to export? Some people are there and anything you try to do they attack you, they harass you and how do you earn forex?

“Nigeria is owing N18trillion in debt right now and 20% or so of that is foreign, the rest is local debt. How do you pay the foreign ones if you have no earnings in dollars? How do you import medicines and vaccines if you don’t have dollars? ‘’The argument that yams would be short is not true; 30% of the yams we grow rot away and we are the largest producers of yam in the world. The figure is not mine, it is that of the Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO.



“I think generations past have made many serious mistakes, we mismanaged oil and gas. If not, by now, Nigeria should be talking of $200 billion foreign reserves. Between food and petroleum products we blew 60billion a year on imports, it made no sense. “Why couldn’t we refine our petrol here, why import rice, sugar, milk, tomato paste, fruit juice concentrate, fish, apples, grapes and what have you? “So the big question is where are we heading because if we cannot sort this thing out quickly enough, I can assure you like when I talked about Boko Haram many years that trouble lies ahead.

On the other hand, if we can turn it around, this country could be a paradise but we don’t have that much time. “Too many young people are angry, they are all over the streets, kidnapping, and stealing, killing and what have you. What kind of country are we in that people kill each other so happily. You just enter a village 40 people have been killed, 11 people have been killed, you kidnapped somebody and shot him; are we sane?”


Emma Ujah


https://etimes.com.ng/nigerian-yams/

Dts y tuber f yam is xpensive

Most farmers wil prefer xportin yams cz de wil hv beta gain dn sellin it hia yam is nt sufficient enof n even if it is,we wil inflate d price ourselves wen we knw is been xported

If govt bottle necks are removed it will change the income of farmers and add to the economy of the country

govt of knowingly lying and subdue lying and propagandas upon propaganda. The same yam they said was rotten at the point of exit are the same one they want to export to Niger republic.

Yeah, its better done by air.

is like nobody told them that Edo witches fit hide for inside yam

Another Lies from APC stables

Same yam that is very expensive to purchase here?

QueenOfNepal:
Another Lies from APC stables

Yams imported from Nigeria are now available in the UK.

I personally bought 3 tubers last week from an African store in the UK.

I was initially skeptical about the purchase as I worried that I might get home only to cut the yam and find out that it’s gone bad. However, when I cut and cooked the yam, it was very fresh, white and tasted superb.

This is no APC propaganda.

they don come again, wen we are still hungry I our house we are feeding outsiders. God na you o.

Una don start again, later na denial things

GavelSlam:
People would still find something wrong with this.

If in doubt, look below.

Yes you’re damn right , why not buhari airways ?

Gari of 80 naira per Congo is now 400naira... Rodents overthrown pmb at aso rock lolz.. Nigeria is a great place to live when you need to understand the difference between rich poor government people and animals. These are the basic tagwords of the nation called Nigeria surrounded by inefficient leaders with malfunctioning sense of governing.

I don't know when I started laughing when I got to the Russian ambassador part , maybe because it's coming from an APC member

[/b]"He said: “British Airlines just called and said they are willing to fly the yams..................................................

“DHL flies cargo planes into Nigeria daily, 747 planes and they go back largely empty. They have to fill the aircraft with sand bags to balance the weight. They said arrange let’s fly this thing, we will give you discounts. “The Russian Ambassador came to my office to ask if we can sell them fruits— pawpaw, avocado pears, bananas, mangos. He came in with his jet.”[b]
.Meaning that if they didnt fill the aircrafts with yams,they'll loose balance and crash? Chai!
This is just another well crafted lie from this propaganda government after the rejected yams brouhaha.British Airways will never discuss such an initiative over the phone but at a bilateral trade agreement or MOU considering aviation international policies on movement of agricultural goods.Expect British Airways to denounce this immediately

Hope they can continue this one because they and failed promises are like 5&6.

GavelSlam:
People would still find something wrong with this.

If in doubt, look below.

It's wrong.. Yam is very expensive in most part of the country.. This will only make it more expensive and unaffordable especially to the poor. It would have been better if it were to be a commodity we have in excess in d country. That's my opinion though.

Nigerians are suffering from physical and spiritual hunger and the government's major concern is take the little left for the masses(commoners) and export overseas and pocket the money...

What a country..

The price of yam has started shooting up. it's better to buy an estimated quantity of what you'll need for the next 2 - 3 months and keep in your store. Don't put on the floor though as it can easily get spoilt on floors.

GavelSlam:
People would still find something wrong with this.

If in doubt, look below.

The government has given you something to hold unto... Defending them blindly...

You always appear in Viewing This Topic Now Section in Threads that exposes this government...

What's bad is bad...

Ralphlauren:


Yams imported from Nigeria are now available in the UK.

I personally bought 3 tubers last week from an African store in the UK.

I was initially skeptical about the purchase as I worried that I might get home only to cut the yam and find out that it’s gone bad. However, when I cut and cooked the yam, it was very fresh, white and tasted superb.

This is no APC propaganda.

Leave them....let them keep crying propaganda....the old man is calling us to a very serious attentions and all the youth could do is crying propaganda bla bla bla online...SMH

Nice one from APC

so finally yam enter aeroplane before me �

Hmmm

But the people are not eating... Exportation of food has made prices in the market soar.

This is good news to Nigerians and a bad news to Igbos/PDP.

GavelSlam:
People would still find something wrong with this.

If in doubt, look below.

How does the policy of exporting yam benefit our people? Governance should always be about our people. I would rather we export services.