BOKO HARAM SHOULD BE BLAMED FOR TOMATO SCARCITY IN THE COUNTRY

Minister of Information and Culture,  Alhaji Lai Mohammed  blames the Islamic group for the country tomatoes setback
Speaking to Channels TV

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.”