Buhari didn’t ban food imports, Presidency replies FT

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The Presidency denied on Sunday that the Federal Government had placed restrictions or outright ban on importation of food items into the country.

In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent disclosure that the Central Bank of Nigeria had been asked to stop providing foreign exchange to food importers did not imply a ban on food importation by the government.

Responding to the publication as ‘Letter to the Editor,’ the Presidency stated, “Your article, ‘Muhammadu Buhari sparks dismay over policy shift on food imports ’, suggests the Nigerian Government is restricting the import of agricultural products into the country. “Should importers of these items wish to source their FOREX from non-government financial institutions , they are freely able to do so.

 

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