The incident, The Nation learned, happened at Edem Junction, Ibeagwa, Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area l.
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A market survey conducted by NAN on Thursday, reveals that prices of both commodities have increased when compared to a few weeks back.
The price of tomatoes at the Katsina tomato market has crashed by about 75 per cent due to a glut in the supply of the commodity.
According to him, the absence of regular and stable market for the product is affecting the fortunes of members of the association who have cultivated the commodity in abundance.
The Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Abdulkarim Kaita, made the call at the YieldWise Nigeria Stakeholders Meeting in Kano on Thursday.
NAN price checks at Mile 12, Whitesand, Iddo and Oko Oba markets in Lagos on Monday revealed that the drop in prices was due to bumper harvest of agricultural produce.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the stakeholders told participants at Agra Innovate West Africa forum on Tuesday in Lagos that Nigerians were yet to feel the impact of the policy.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the training, to be undertaken under the state Himma Project Agricultural Programme, is in partnership with a private company called Agro Alala.
This was the major decision at a stakeholder meeting hosted by the Minister of State in the ministry, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Abubakar told journalists at the end of the meeting that the ministry would inaugurate a technical committee next week to draft the proposed policy.
Taiwo said lemon has acidic properties that naturally lighten scars and tomato juice is a natural bleaching agent.
“Potatoes are also natural brightener and so applying potato juice or potatoes directly on the affected area can banish dark areas.”n
Jummai Abdul, a Nutritionist with Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, has said consumption of tomatoes helps prevent breast cancer and osteoporosis…
She said that drinking tomato juice regularly helped in preventing prenatal health issues and aided in the prevention of eye and cardiovascular diseases