‘Africa now dumping ground for poisonous food’

THE Minister of State, Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said African countries have become dumping ground for poisonous food which are imported.
Lokpobiri, who made this statement during a press conference in Abuja stated that African countries had suffered serious setbacks in the agricultural sector as most food exporters in Europe and Asia have taken advantage of the food crisis, poverty in Africa to ship in food not healthy for human consumption.