{"id":31012,"date":"2020-09-11T13:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31012"},"modified":"2020-09-11T13:26:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:26:04","slug":"buharis-love-for-nigeria-reason-he-banned-forex-for-food-fertilizer-import-shehu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31012","title":{"rendered":"Buhari\u2019s love for Nigeria reason he banned forex for food, fertilizer import \u2014Shehu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Garba Shehu has defended President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s decision to ban all food imports into Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shehu, who is the president\u2019s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said it was Buhari\u2019s love for Nigeria that made him to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to release a Kobo for food and fertilizer import into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shehu, who spoke on Friday when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNigerians must give consideration for the fact that the President\u2019s directive to the CBN is driven by nothing other than a patriotic motive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shehu stated this in response to the backlashes that have continued to trail Buhari\u2019s directive to the CBN on Thursday not to give foreign exchange for food and fertilizer imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not sure there is anywhere in the world that the Central Bank<\/a> is so independent that it will operate as foreign ownership,\u201d the President\u2019s spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the concern being raised by Nigerians over the directive to the CBN, is that it could cause further inflation in the country, especially as Nigeria is not sufficient in food production and still needed forex to import some food items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Shehu, during the TV programme, claimed that the prices of food items in the country were dropping as a result of the agricultural reforms of the Buhari\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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