Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has revealed that the federal government intends to deploy safety personnel to all border cities throughout the nation to stop the smuggling of grains to neighbouring international locations.
In response to Mr. Nitiwul, the motion is to guard the citizenry as meals scarcity looms attributable to dry spells.
“We are going to act nicely. We’re deploying safety personnel] throughout the borders, significantly within the northern half. We’re additionally [deploying] to the east and the south. And so we’ll ask residents to help the safety businesses.
“If, for some cause, there’s some unapproved route or accepted route or any person sees one thing that is happening that’s not good, please tell us in order that we will act appropriately. It’s for the great of all of us that we must always not make our residents endure,” he revealed at a press briefing.
His assertion follows the announcement of a complete ban on grain export with rapid impact by the Minister of Meals and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong on Monday, August 27, 2024.
He defined that the ban goals to make sure meals availability for the home market amid difficult climate situations.
To mitigate the impression on farmers, Mr. Acheampong urged these with grain inventory to contact district administrators, aggregators, and the crops directorate throughout the nation if they’re involved in promoting.
This measure is meant to help farmers and stop them from struggling losses as a result of export ban.
“With rapid impact, the federal government is inserting a ban on the export of grains, together with maize, rice, and soya beans, till the scenario normalizes. This measure is crucial to make sure the provision of those important crops on the home market”.
“Any farmer with inventory and involved in promoting ought to contact our district administrators throughout the nation, our district aggregators, or the directorate of crops, Ministry of Agriculture. That is to make sure that farmers don’t endure adversely on account of this ban,” he famous.