In an interview with TheCable on March 4, 2024, Honorable Umar Mohammed Bago, the current governor of Niger State and a former member of the House of Representatives representing the Chanchaga Federal Constituency in Niger State, disclosed that Ghana was the country that exported the most yams to the United States of America. However, Bago clarified that Ghana did not produce the yam; rather, they took it and sold it to the Americans.
According to TheCable, the Governor of Niger State, Honorable Umar Mohammed Bago said “You can see that they’ve dollarised our garri and yam. The yam that is being shipped to the UK and USA comes through the Benin Republic to Ghana. Ghana is the highest exporter of yam to the United States of America but they don’t produce it. They take our yam, and these are kinds of exploitation that have been going on for years. But again, our people who have warehouses are trying to sabotage government efforts. We will go into production and produce more; we will defeat them because the food will be too much. It is a simple economics. Once you have excess supply, demand will drop.”
Honorable Umar Mohammed Bago disclosed that the recent ban on the exportation of food items to neighboring countries had helped cut down food prices in the country. He also added that the Niger State Government did not stop the movement of food items from Niger State to other parts of the country.
If you could recall, some weeks ago the Governor of Niger State, Honorable Umar Mohammed Bago cried out that some people were sabotaging the effort of the Government by shipping food items to the neighboring countries.
