The Federal Government yesterday said the pest, Tuta absoluta, popularly known as ‘Tomato Ebola’, is responsible for the massive destruction of tomato in farmlands, and had invaded six states in Nigeria.
It also disclosed that Nigeria spent about N80bn ($400m) annually importing tomato paste, adding that many of the imported products were substandard.
However, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh stated that experts had, however, offered some varieties of tomato that grow well in the western part of the country as alternatives.
Meanwhile, Nigerians are making fun of the nickname given to Tuta absoluta pest, which is TomatoesEbola... See the screen shots of some twitter reactions below
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