The Federal Government is to ban importation of tomato paste before the end of this year, the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has said.
Addressing tomato farmers at Dangote Tomato Processing Firm in Kadawa, Kura Local Government in Kano yesterday, Ogbeh said the ban was aimed at encouraging massive production of tomato by local farmers.
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He said the government would invest N250bn in the Bank of Agriculture to help farmers with loan facilities.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-to-ban-tomato-importation-this-year-2.html?

Welcome development

Good

Do we have enough production to take care of the entire nation?

A Quick research on the internet : In Africa, Nigeria is ranked the second largest producer of tomatoes and globally, is the 13th largest producer, its total production annually has been estimated to be about a 1.701 million tonnes.
The states in Nigeria engaged in commercial production are; Gombe, Kaduna, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Benue, Jigawa and Plateau.
The national demand for freshtomatoes in Nigeria is about 2-3 million tons every year. Due to the poor production chain, Nigerians waste from 750 000 to 1, 350, 000 tons of tomatoes.

This is a step in the right direction, the wastages should stop now and more revenue to the country.
God bless our President MUHAMMADU BUHARI and his amiable Vice president Prof Yemi OSIBANJO as they take us to the NEXT LEVEL of our lives.
God bless Nigeria.

ManirBK:
Welcome development

Caseless:
Good

You can say that again Elder Statesmen of our land.

Just look at the level of economic decay that the same PDP shouting now led us into. where we were merely consuming and creating jobs for other countries. Ordinary tomatoes! We have been importing under the watch of the so called economic masters for over three decades and somebody is telling me he understands the economy better than the man who is working hard stopping all the anomalies. God forbid that they succeed in their bid.

Na wa oooooo

Nigerian will learn how not to be lazy at last when Buhari use hunger push them to work

Buhari carry go heaven and earth dey ur back

This is a good news, I hope the lazy youth will grab the opportunity.

Another bad mistake. Tomatoes are plentiful now. But how about later? Knowing Nigeria have no storage facilities

So we start using paste or what?

OK naaw

I believe when u say FG , u mean lifeless and his administration, they keep banning things without looking at the implications....u don't have enough tomato to go round the country , and you ban the importation, they banned rice , we suffered it ...then they allowed it back..is it not clear we are been driven by a drunk in this Nigerian bus we all are in.....
For the umpteen times , let's vote for somebody that wrote waec !!!!! And free buhari from his confusion....

Jestin:
Do we have enough production to take care of the entire nation?

we have enough land and lazy youths that can farm instead of okada riding

Baba dey fire on all cylinders. We must look inward. Why import Tomatoes when our land is green

I support this

Rubbish people

Smuggling go yapa. Even dangote tomato paste plant was closed

aolawale025:
Another bad mistake. Tomatoes are plentiful now. But how about later? Knowing Nigeria have no storage facilities

And you think plans are not in top gear for storage facilities?

And allow only Dangote to

Misplaced priorities upandan

What efforts have been made to innovate preservation for tomatoes harvest losses due to lack of suitable storage in the north?

Markbet0908:
See prove below!

u will die a painful death scammer

They have started again!

aolawale025:
Another bad mistake. Tomatoes are plentiful now. But how about later? Knowing Nigeria have no storage facilities

Actually, dis will make dem work on the Storage facilities... Come and see Bad tomatoes thrown away everyday here in a market name sasha in Ibadan... I swear u will pity Farmers

Joromi12:
u will die a painful death scammer

they no go let person rest, ban them today, register tomorrow with new id.

Jestin:
Do we have enough production to take care of the entire nation?

Yes, we do

Are we already self sufficient in tomato production with good storage facility?
Or this is another trick to enrich the cabal?

Very good development