Mr Adeniyi explained that the president has decided to exercise his power according to the feelings of magnanimity that he has for Nigeria...
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“In doing so, he has directed that those food items that were going out of the country that have been seized in various border areas should be returned to the owners on the condition that those goods would be sold in the Nigerian markets,” the official said. The scheduled goods under the act include beans, cassava tuber, maize, rice, Yam tuber, all products or derivatives of these products, and all imported food items.
He added that the Customs Service will continue to monitor to ensure that food items produced in the country remain in Nigeria and are consumed by Nigerians to tame food inflation. Mr Adeniyi urged residents of the border communities to assist the government in implementing the various rules that prohibit the exports of food items and other essential commodities.Reacting to the President’s directive, an Abuja-based legal practitioner at Amofin Solicitors, Kazeem Oyinwola, said certain rights can be suspended, restricted, or limited in line with the president’s declaration of a state of emergency on agriculture in July 2023.
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