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Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto
The President of the Regional Observatory of Onion in West and Central Africa, ORO, Isa Aliyu, has made a passionate appeal to the Government of Ghana to urgently secure the release of Nigerian onion trucks detained at Kotoku Market in Accra, warning that the impasse could cripple cross-border agricultural trade.
Speaking to journalists in Sokoto on Thursday, Aliyu said the trucks, loaded with highly perishable onions, have been prevented from offloading since Tuesday, July 21, 2026, by some Ghanaian onion traders despite several diplomatic overtures to resolve the matter.
He described the development as a direct threat to the stability of trade relations between Nigeria and Ghana, noting that the continued delay is already causing substantial financial losses to Nigerian exporters and farmers whose livelihoods depend on the commodity.
“Onions are highly…
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