Tinubu govt imports food, abandons Nigerian farmers – Atiku

Former Vice President and statesmanlike campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the medication of President Bola Tinubu of making Nigeria progressively babelike connected nutrient imports portion neglecting section farmers and producers.

Atiku made the assertion successful a connection issued connected Wednesday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu.

DAILY POST reports that Nigeria’s cultivation commercialized equilibrium swung from a N740.27 cardinal surplus successful the archetypal fractional of 2025 to a N56.13 cardinal shortage successful the corresponding play of 2026, representing a N796.40 cardinal reversal.

Agricultural exports besides fell by 33.3 per cent year-on-year to N1.98 trillion successful H1 2026, portion imports declined by 8.5 per cent to N2.03 trillion.

Reacting to the development, Atiku said the authorities could not picture increasing dependence connected nutrient imports and declining cultivation exports arsenic economical reform.

“Tinubu cannot telephone this betterment erstwhile the radical who turn our nutrient and the businesses that should process it are being squeezed from some sides,” Atiku said.

“The ...