The breeze of “pleasant
relief” may be felt by Nigerian as the price of Tomato crashes from N25, 000 to
N800 per basket in Kaduna.
It will recalled that
Tomato price increased and became scarce across the country as a result of tuta
absoluta, also known as ‘tomatoc ebola’.
This affected the crop
in most parts of the north-west, notably Kaduna, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano
states.
Speaking with an online
source, chairman of the tomato sellers, Abass Mai Tumatur, it was a “pleasant
relief” for everyone as tomato is now available and in large quantities.
He stated that “Things
are getting better. Tomato scarcity is nothing new, but it was made worse this
year by the invasion of the moth.
“The rains coupled with
the efforts of government have helped tremendously in making tomato available,”
he said, praising the government for the “timely intervention”.
He assured the public
that the fear is gone now “and hopefully for good”.
Farmers were left
stranded and helpless as the moth ravaged their farms and left destruction
across the farming community, making a pot of soup as expensive as gold.
Nasir el-Rufai, the
Kaduna state governor, declared a state of emergency and dispatched officials
to Kenya to find ways of tackling the ravaging insects.
The cost of the
destruction in the state, according to el-Rufai, was close to N1 billion.
Audu Ogbeh, minister of
agriculture and rural development, also commissioned experts to find solutions
to the disease outbreak “as soon as possible”.
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