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Medipharm:
This is cruelty. Dolphins are friendly animals.
How will you feel eating this big flesh

BeyondCertainty:
Why na ?

helinues:
Una go ask questions tired

The last bus left, O.Y.O things

EcoNews:
You are an exceedingly foolish soul.
If Onanuga truly said that n your Igbo father is not a diehard liar why not state the Newspaper that aired that headline or give us the link to the webpage to the news outlet.

You foolishly think we are all brain dead ipob you will do graphic edit of senseless propaganda n we sink it in ba ?!

Gboss247:
I agreed with your first paragraph but disagreed with second, money is said to be excess when there is more money in circulation than the goods and services produced or excess local currency chasing after few forex. The last time I checked, Nigeria had over N30trillion in circulation with minimum wage at N30,000 showing excessive money supply. If there excess money supply, Nigerian GDP shouldn't be growing in naira.

nwirinedu:
One has to ask, what type of inflation are we talking about? Is it Demand pull or Cost push inflation.?

Its obvious that we are dealing with cost push inflation in Nigeria, caused by too much money coming into the country from foreign loans which end up in a few hands and is distributed to sectors of the economy that need it.

Yet the burdened masses are made to bear the brunt of the consequences of bad policy decisions of a privileged few.

Salewa97:
Peter Obi and his supporters are always looking for someone to blame.

It's funny how they conveniently forget his own shortcomings while pointing fingers.

The tomato factory shutdown is just another excuse to distract from his failed promises.

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Under no circumstances should the Nigerian Military recruit from a region wo-MEN hide under beds every Mondays wearing their wives skirts.

Shivering because of a man sneezing continents away.

EreluRoz:
What's their business, they just don't want Nigeria to experience peace. They want what happened in Kenya to happen here

Chinkoalhaji34:
What a joke! Peter Obi can't even manage his own campaign, yet we're asking if he's responsible for shutting down a major company? Please, this is just another attempt to shift blame. He should focus on fixing his own mess first!

safarifarms:
By this do you agree with Reno that Peter Obi had the capacity and was the one who caused the shutdown of Dangote tomatoes?

opamoses1:
So are you calling for war too because one person made a now deleted tweet about preparing for war?

On December 16, 2022, a frontline campaigner for the Atiku/Okowa presidency, Mr Reno Omokri, using his Twitter handle, @renoomokri, said Dangote refinery has shut down…

On December 16, 2022, a frontline campaigner for the Atiku/Okowa presidency, Mr Reno Omokri, using his Twitter handle, @renoomokri, said Dangote refinery has shut down due to importation of cheap tomato paste from Europe.

Omokri also accused Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party of being behind the importation of the cheap tomato paste.



Verdict: False

Full Text:
Mr Omokri, an aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, is very active on social media especially on Twitter.

In his tweet of December 16, he said “Dangote’s tomato paste factory in Kano had to close shop due to massive importation of cheaper foreign tomato paste from Europe. Guess who is behind that importation? Peter Obi. And he expects the millions of Kano people affected by his exploitation to vote for him?”

The tweet as at the time of this fact check, had gathered 4,402 likes, 223 quote tweets and 694 Retweets

Verification

Claim 1: Dangote tomato paste in Kano had closed shop

In verifying the claim, Daily Trust sought to ascertain the real situation at the Dangote Tomato paste factory in Kadawa area of Kano State.

Preliminary findings by Daily Trust showed that there are a lot of factors responsible for the inefficient functioning of the factory and one of the major ones is an insufficient supply of quality tomato to be processed into finished products.


It was also understood that the 1,200 tons per day plant that processes tomato was experiencing supply hitches as a result of overwhelming national demand.

Also, the factory, considered as the largest on the continent, can only produce at one-fifth its capacity, as a result of the low supply, thereby hindering its aim to reduce Nigeria’s over-reliance on imported tomato paste from China, and other countries.

As such, the production demand of the factory till date has not been met as farmers struggle to make tomatoes available, especially at a time the country is battling with food shortages due to widespread insecurity in the North West region, where Kano State is located.


A resident of Kano who is a farmer and also familiar with the challenges facing the factory, Munir Lawan, said told Daily Trust that “importation is not even part of the challenges facing the Factory.”

According to him, the site the factory is sited is quite far from where the tomato farmers reside – which is in faraway villages that are hard for vehicles to travel to and convey tomatoes to the factory.”

He added that “The demand for tomatoes is quite high as most of them (farmers) also supply them to the southern part of the country. As such, the supply gap is just the problem; not forgetting the insecurity too, as many farmers cannot access their farms.

“So for the Dangote tomato paste factory, it hasn’t been operational for a full year due to inadequate supply,” Munir said

Conclusion: Following enquiries and verification by Daily Trust, it is concluded that supply challenges is hindering the tomato factory from performing at full capacity against the claim that the factory has packed up, as such the claim is False.


Claim 2: Peter Obi is responsible for the closure of Dangote factory due to import of cheap tomato

Verification
In verifying this claim, Daily Trust could not independently verify if Peter Obi, or any of his companies, is accredited or certified to import the product into the country in the first place.

However, Daily Trust found that several companies are certified to import tomatoes into Nigeria, including the Dangote Group.

A letter obtained by Daily Trust from the Department of Technical Services at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning showed the approvals for these companies.

The letter, dated 20 July, 2022, was addressed to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service with the heading “RE: APPROVAL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2021 FISCAL POLICY MEASURE AND TARIFF AMENDMENTS -IMPORTATION OF TOMATO PASTE OR CONCENTRATE, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE: TRIPLE CONCENTRATE, HS CODE: 2002.90.11.00 AND OTHER, HS CODE: 2002.90.19.00,”


The letter reads: “I am directed to refer to circular Ref, No. F.181153/228 dated 31st August 2021 on the above subject and to confirm that the investors in the attached list with verifiable Backward Integration Programme (BIP) have been approved to import tomato paste or concentrate, not put up for retail sale: triple concentrate, HS Code: 2002.90.11.00 and Other, HS Code: 2002.90.19.00, at 10% duty rate and 20% levy (AT).
“This approval is valid for a period of one (1) year effective from the date of this letter and must be supported with the following documents: Form ‘M’ Final Invoice.


“Please accept the assurances of the warm regards of the Honourable Minister.

“Hajiya Fatima Z. Hayatu Director, Technical Services for Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning.”

Subsequently, the list which was tagged “LIST OF APPROVED INVESTORS WITH BACKWARD INTEGRATION PROGRAMME (BIP) TO IMPORT TOMATO PASTE OR CONCENTRATE, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE: TRIPLE CONCENTATE, HS CODE: 2002.90.11.00 AND OTHER HS CODE: 2002.90.19.00,” had a total of nine investors/companies approved for importation of tomato into the country with their quota allocations.

Accordingly, Conserveria Africana Limited (GBFoods) had a quota allocation of 42,000MT, closely followed by Caraway Africa Nigeria Limited with 20,000MT quota.

Also, Dangote Farms Limited had 19,000MT while Sonia Farms Limited, Tomato Jos and Erisco Foods Limited had 7,000MT, 6,000MT and 2,000MT

In the same vein, Firebrand Limited had 2,000MT, while Vitali Products Limited had 1,000MT each of quota allocations.

Consequently, these certified companies have been processing and producing tomato paste in Nigeria.

Conclusion: Following findings by Daily Trust, the claim that Peter Obi’s import of cheap tomato is responsible for Dangote’s factory woes is misleading as there are many companies importing the product into the country.

This fact check is produced in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development

https://dailytrust.com/has-dangote-tomato-factory-shut-down-as-claimed-by-reno-omokri/

FACTCHECK

Has Dangote Tomato Factory Shut Down As Claimed By Reno Omokri?


On December 16, 2022, a frontline campaigner for the Atiku/Okowa presidency, Mr Reno Omokri, using his Twitter handle, @renoomokri, said Dangote refinery has shut down…




On December 16, 2022, a frontline campaigner for the Atiku/Okowa presidency, Mr Reno Omokri, using his Twitter handle, @renoomokri, said Dangote refinery has shut down due to importation of cheap tomato paste from Europe.

Omokri also accused Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party of being behind the importation of the cheap tomato paste.



Verdict: False

Full Text:


Mr Omokri, an aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, is very active on social media especially on Twitter.

In his tweet of December 16, he said “Dangote’s tomato paste factory in Kano had to close shop due to massive importation of cheaper foreign tomato paste from Europe. Guess who is behind that importation? Peter Obi. And he expects the millions of Kano people affected by his exploitation to vote for him?”

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IGP vows to deal with those hiding under agitations to commit crime


The tweet as at the time of this fact check, had gathered 4,402 likes, 223 quote tweets and 694 Retweets

Verification

Claim 1: Dangote tomato paste in Kano had closed shop

In verifying the claim, Daily Trust sought to ascertain the real situation at the Dangote Tomato paste factory in Kadawa area of Kano State.

Preliminary findings by Daily Trust showed that there are a lot of factors responsible for the inefficient functioning of the factory and one of the major ones is an insufficient supply of quality tomato to be processed into finished products.


It was also understood that the 1,200 tons per day plant that processes tomato was experiencing supply hitches as a result of overwhelming national demand.

Also, the factory, considered as the largest on the continent, can only produce at one-fifth its capacity, as a result of the low supply, thereby hindering its aim to reduce Nigeria’s over-reliance on imported tomato paste from China, and other countries.

As such, the production demand of the factory till date has not been met as farmers struggle to make tomatoes available, especially at a time the country is battling with food shortages due to widespread insecurity in the North West region, where Kano State is located.


A resident of Kano who is a farmer and also familiar with the challenges facing the factory, Munir Lawan, said told Daily Trust that “importation is not even part of the challenges facing the Factory.”

According to him, the site the factory is sited is quite far from where the tomato farmers reside – which is in faraway villages that are hard for vehicles to travel to and convey tomatoes to the factory.”

He added that “The demand for tomatoes is quite high as most of them (farmers) also supply them to the southern part of the country. As such, the supply gap is just the problem; not forgetting the insecurity too, as many farmers cannot access their farms.


“So for the Dangote tomato paste factory, it hasn’t been operational for a full year due to inadequate supply,” Munir said

Conclusion: Following enquiries and verification by Daily Trust, it is concluded that supply challenges is hindering the tomato factory from performing at full capacity against the claim that the factory has packed up, as such the claim is False.


Claim 2: Peter Obi is responsible for the closure of Dangote factory due to import of cheap tomato

Verification


In verifying this claim, Daily Trust could not independently verify if Peter Obi, or any of his companies, is accredited or certified to import the product into the country in the first place.

However, Daily Trust found that several companies are certified to import tomatoes into Nigeria, including the Dangote Group.

A letter obtained by Daily Trust from the Department of Technical Services at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning showed the approvals for these companies.

The letter, dated 20 July, 2022, was addressed to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service with the heading “RE: APPROVAL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2021 FISCAL POLICY MEASURE AND TARIFF AMENDMENTS -IMPORTATION OF TOMATO PASTE OR CONCENTRATE, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE: TRIPLE CONCENTRATE, HS CODE: 2002.90.11.00 AND OTHER, HS CODE: 2002.90.19.00,”


The letter reads: “I am directed to refer to circular Ref, No. F.181153/228 dated 31st August 2021 on the above subject and to confirm that the investors in the attached list with verifiable Backward Integration Programme (BIP) have been approved to import tomato paste or concentrate, not put up for retail sale: triple concentrate, HS Code: 2002.90.11.00 and Other, HS Code: 2002.90.19.00, at 10% duty rate and 20% levy (AT).

“This approval is valid for a period of one (1) year effective from the date of this letter and must be supported with the following documents: Form ‘M’ Final Invoice.


“Please accept the assurances of the warm regards of the Honourable Minister.

“Hajiya Fatima Z. Hayatu Director, Technical Services for Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning.”

Subsequently, the list which was tagged “LIST OF APPROVED INVESTORS WITH BACKWARD INTEGRATION PROGRAMME (BIP) TO IMPORT TOMATO PASTE OR CONCENTRATE, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE: TRIPLE CONCENTATE, HS CODE: 2002.90.11.00 AND OTHER HS CODE: 2002.90.19.00,” had a total of nine investors/companies approved for importation of tomato into the country with their quota allocations.


Accordingly, Conserveria Africana Limited (GBFoods) had a quota allocation of 42,000MT, closely followed by Caraway Africa Nigeria Limited with 20,000MT quota.

Also, Dangote Farms Limited had 19,000MT while Sonia Farms Limited, Tomato Jos and Erisco Foods Limited had 7,000MT, 6,000MT and 2,000MT

In the same vein, Firebrand Limited had 2,000MT, while Vitali Products Limited had 1,000MT each of quota allocations.

Consequently, these certified companies have been processing and producing tomato paste in Nigeria.

Conclusion: Following findings by Daily Trust, the claim that Peter Obi’s import of cheap tomato is responsible for Dangote’s factory woes is misleading as there are many companies importing the product into the country.



This fact check is produced in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development


https://dailytrust.com/has-dangote-tomato-factory-shut-down-as-claimed-by-reno-omokri/

meditator:
If u call Reno a fool, what then do we call a man that has only mad men as his special Advicers ?

IAmHim1:
You can type but you cannot read .... neither can you understand

Lolzzz