NAFDAC bans foreign unscreened beans

Funsho Balogun The acting Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Yetunde Oni has announced the ban of foreign beans into the country. But the ban will not affect beans that has been screened by the agency. Since the Boko Haram onslaught intensified in Nigeria’s north east which is known for massive beans farming, there has been an influx of beans from neighboring countries. For the Nigerian market, this has augmented the quantity produced by those farmers yet to be displaced from their extensive farms in the north. NAFDAC’s announcement implies that it