The Presidency has denied claims in the media that President Buhari has banned the importation of food into the country.

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, gave the clarification in a statement he released on Sunday August 18th while responding to an article by Financial Times with claims that the President had banned food importation.

Recall that President Buhari on August 13th, announced that he has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food into the country.

Many took his comment to mean that Food importation has been banned. However, in his statement released on Sunday, Garba said there was no ban on food importation.

According to Garba, importers of the food items are still free to source their forex from non-government financial institutions towards meeting their importations.

The statement reads;

“Your article ‘Muhammadu Buhari sparks dismay over policy shift on food imports’ (15 August) suggests the Nigerian Government is restricting the import of agricultural products into the country. This is simply incorrect.

To be absolutely clear, there is no ban – or...

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