At least 50 trucks moving foodstuffs out of the country to the Niger Republic were intercepted on Monday by the Zamfara State Transport Agency. This was disclosed by Shehu Sani, an indigene of Zurmi town in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state via a telephone conversation. The source said the vehicles were stopped at Gidan Jaja village, close to the Nigerian borders with Niger Republic.
The Federal Government has ruled out the importation of food as part of strategies to address the high costs of foodstuffs and the economic hardship troubling the country.