{"id":159494,"date":"2022-03-09T18:29:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=159494"},"modified":"2022-03-09T18:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:29:59","slug":"fg-bans-foreigners-from-buying-agric-produce-directly-from-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/09\/fg-bans-foreigners-from-buying-agric-produce-directly-from-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"FG bans foreigners from buying agric produce directly from farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal executive council (FEC) has approved a ban on foreigners and their representatives purchasing agricultural produce at the farm gate.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This implies that only licensed and duly registered local buying agents can now buy farm produce directly from farmers in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The ban was announced on Wednesday in a tweet shared via the federal government\u2019s verified Twitter handle@NigeriaGov.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Niyi Adebayo, minister of industry, trade and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/12\/rivers-receives-n2bn-from-cbns-investment-funds\/\">investment<\/a> while speaking on the new development said<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that as part of the FEC approval, the attorney-general would draft a law that would be sent to the national assembly to support the implementation of the new policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also use commodity associations, to which the farmers belong, to ensure effective implementation,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal executive council (FEC) has approved a ban on foreigners and their representatives purchasing agricultural produce at the farm gate. 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