Standup9ja - 58 years after, fresh tomatoes arrive Lagos
from Kano by rail
Tomato crates going to Lagos from Kano via rail, piloted by
GEMS4 and Best Foods. PHOTO CREDITS: ENABLE/GEMS4.
History will be made this evening as
fresh tomatoes from Kano arrive Lagos by rail after 58 years.
Emmanuel Itoya Ijewere, one of
Nigeria’s eminent businessmen with extensive experience and interests across
the banking, finance and agricultural spectrums disclosed this at the
FirstBank’s maiden Agric Expo 2017, held at Eko Hotel and Suites, on Tuesday.
Ijewere said: “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. That is happening for the first time in 58
years.”
“I want to thank those who have 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.
Ijewere whose previous national
assignments included Chairmanships of the Agriculture and Food Security
Commission said that the country lost 2.8 million tonnes of Tomatoes in 2016.
According to him, “at N200,000 per
tonne, the country lost tomatoes worth N5.6 billion” due to poor storage
facility.
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