Boko Haram Responsible For Scarcity Of Tomato In Nigeria – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed
says degraded insurgent group, Boko Haram, are
responsible for the ongoing scarcity of tomato in
the country.

Speaking on Channels Television, the Minister said
farmers have been forced to quit the North East
due to the level of insecurity in the region.

According to Mohammed,“People talk about the
price of tomato but they forget one thing; they
forget that the price of tomato today is a direct
result of the fact that we have lost two years
harvest to Boko Haram insurgency.

“Most of the people you see riding Okada
(motorcycles) in Lagos are people who would have
been in the farm to produce consumable items.”

Attributing the scarcity of tomatoes to insurgency,
the Minister said, “Do you farm where there is war?
We have lost two seasons of harvest in addition
we have had very poor rainfall last year and this
year. These are the combined responsible for the
scarcity of tomato. Go and ask economists and
agriculturists, they will tell you.”

Source:
http://dailypost.ng/2016/06/01/boko-haram-
responsible-for-scarcity-of-tomato-in-nigeria-lai-
mohammed/