People in Nigeria are using British Airways to ‘deliver’ to them pizzas from London, the nation’s Minister of Agriculture has complained. Audu Ogbeh, 71, said that Nigerians are ‘using their cellphones to import pizza from London’ as he addressed the Senate Committee on Agriculture in Abuja. Describing it as ‘annoying’, he expressed concern over the country’s importation of goods exceeding the exportation. Nigerian Minister of Agriculture Audu Ogbeh speaks during the 50th anniversary of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Oyo State in southwest Nigeria, on July 24, 2017.
The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) celebrated its 50 years of research achievements in addressing Africas most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation with a view to improving livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security across the continent. ‘They buy in London, they bring it on British Airways in the morning to pick up at the airport,’ he said. ‘It is a very annoying situation and we have to move a lot faster in cutting down some of these things.’ thumbnail for post ID 9061711Woman ‘let incest pedophile move back into house with kids he molested’ The Nigerian government is currently trying to curb the importation of goods, which they say is too high and damaging the country. ‘Nigeria is a nation of importers. Toothpick every year costs us 18 million dollars; tomato paste costs us 400 million dollars,’ Mr Ogbeh said. ‘Meanwhile, a basket of tomatoes is less than n2, 000.
The farmers are losing money because the processors do not have enough funds to set up factories. The long-haul flights mean the pizzas will travel 4,000 miles. ‘Two factories have started off. I am sure by the end of next year we can comfortably tell the importers of tomato paste to stop.’ thumbnail for post ID 9061589Bookkeeper ‘stole $93,000 from employer and treated herself to pre-wedding butt lift.’
Social media users have since taken to Twitter to react to the idea of people ordering pizza 4,000 miles away from London. ‘Dear @British_Airways, how come you didn’t tell us you run a pizza delivery service to Nigeria? Is there an app for this?’ one person joked. Another asked: ‘What’s the crime there? Doesn’t the same BA flight return to London with fresh vegetables from Anambra? If people like UK pizzas what’s wrong with that?’ Metro
Pix: Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture
