History was made yesterday, March 14th as fresh
tomatoes arrive Lagos by rail after 58 years.
Nigerian businessman,
Emmanuel Itoya Ijwere, disclosed this at the First Bank's maiden Agric Expo
2017, held at Eko Hote and Suits on Wednesday.
"The train left
Kano at about 10am yesterday. As at 11am today, it has arrived Osun and
by 10pm this evening, it will be in Lagos. This is happening for the first
time in 58 years." Ijewere said.
"I want to thank
those who made it possible including the minister of Agriculture. After this,
it will now be weekly affairs. We will move a lot of these things
conveniently" he added.
Speaking further, he said Nigeria lost 2.8 million tonnes of tomatoes in
2016.
"At N200,000 per
tonne, the country lost tomatoes worth N5.6 billion due to poor storage
facility"
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