The National Economic Council has raised the alarm over importation
of some food items, especially frozen chickens and fish preserved with
dangerous chemicals.
NEC, at a meeting held inside the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock
Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday, urged the Standard Organisation
of Nigeria (SON) and the National Agency for Food and Drugs
Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to look into the matter.
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha stated this while addressing
State House correspondents after the meeting which was chaired by Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo.
“We realised that some of the frozen chickens and fish imported
into this country are being preserved with very dangerous chemicals. So,
we are of the opinion that this area should be looked into,” Okorocha
said.
The governor said the council also resolved that agriculture
continue to take “the centre stage” for the country to get out of the
current economic recession.
Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, told the council that
government was meeting targets on rice production but that high
importation was threatening farmers’ production capacity.
The NEC approved the engagement of independent professional revenue
consultants to increase the contribution of the solid minerals sector
to the Federal Government revenue, with the condition that the Ministry
of Mines and Steel Development should negotiate a threshold with the
consultants on professional consultation fees.
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