Food Crisis: Tinubu directs total compliance with Export Prohibition Act

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President Bola Tinubu has directed total compliance with the Export Prohibition Act regarding food items to check the smuggling of commodities out of the country.

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He said that now that the country was going through a food crisis, the president directed that the Act be fully implemented to ensure that food items were not exported when people were in dire need of them. “You are big stakeholders in this direction, and these are reasons why I am here to interact with you and solicit your support,” he said.

“Whatever grains we procure from the growers and other sources, we store them in our warehouses for a while before we supply them directly to our customers in the markets.

 

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