Really??? ‘Nigeria Spends N5.6bn To Import Toothpick, N189bn To Import Fish Every Year’ – Audu Ogbeh
The Federal Government has complained about the country’s over-dependence on imported products and the ridiculous amount spent to get these products. Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, described the situation as ridiculous that the country spends over $18million (about N5.6 billion) annually on importation of tooth picks. Asked how he arrived at the figure, he said it was from a recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) report, stressing that it was pathetic that Nigeria was spending its hard earned resources on non- essential items. Ogbeh said: “We depended on Thailand, India and Vietnam to feed us with rice, we depend on other countries to feed us with tomato paste; we depend on others even for tooth picks at the cost of 18 million dollars per annum. “We depend on Brazil for sugar; and we also depend even now on other countries for pepper and so on. We import 5million eggs per a day from South Africa. We bring sliced potatoes from South Africa. We spend $...
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