At a meeting with the Organised Private Sector in Lagos, on Monday the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammad Buhari (retd), said if elected on February 14, he would ban the importation of basic items like rice and tomato with the aim of enhancing local production of the products.
“How can Nigeria be importing virtually everything? How can we be importing even tomatoes? If I am elected, basic items like rice and tomatoes, which we have the capacity to produce, will be banned from being imported,” Buhari said.
Buhari also revealed that his administration would focus on agriculture, mining, infrastructure and job provision at the top of its economic agenda.
Buhari, who gave a summary of how he intended to grow the economy in a meeting with the Organised Private Sector in Lagos, said his government would place emphasis on three key issues of security, tackling corruption and reviving the ailing economy.
The meeting, which had all the key members of the APC in attendance, was hosted by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.