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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Jun 2017

    Nigeria starts exporting yams to Europe http://bbc.in/2tp3DX9 pic.twitter.com/9Dihjftyl7

    10:26 AM - 29 Jun 2017
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    24 replies 180 retweets 154 likes
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      2. Sarah McIntyre‏ @jabberworks 30 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @LAdeleoso

        Hang on, so where did all the yams in London's Nigerian grocery shops come from before now? (Just curious!)

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      3. Omolola Adele-Oso‏ @LAdeleoso 30 Jun 2017
        Replying to @jabberworks @BBCAfrica

        Mostly individuals importing goods. Now it's an official exported good as part of the country's economic diversification plan

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Sarah McIntyre‏ @jabberworks 30 Jun 2017
        Replying to @LAdeleoso @BBCAfrica

        Ah, okay, ta! I wonder if yams will catch on with a wider public here.

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      1. The Alkebulan Trust‏ @Alkebulan_Trust 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        😂😂😂😂 good so long as they dont sell back to our own people

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      1. Mr. Climate‏ @OlumideIDOWU 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        All what we need now is more production and involvement of youth.

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      1. banton‏ @ban4kin 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        this govt is full of deceit,imagine the yam not enough for local consumption being exported

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      1. Nwa  ❤Biafra 🌅 🌴 🌴 🌳 🌳 🔺 🔻 💡 👁‏ @Biafrafreedom9 5 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Yet they said their is hunger in the North..

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      1. Tesla Nicolas Tesla‏ @001_ferd 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Cool mais j'espère pas en l'État...

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      1. Vicky Pope‏ @Vicky_Pope 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Nice.. but we don't even have enough in the country!

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      1. uniquelyme‏ @Abbie_626 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I hope doors will be opened for other food n cash crops soon including our Ofada rice

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      1. Demba  ☕️  ♻️‏ @diasporaonline 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @trueblackpower

        Europe needs to be paying the price, true value added of such delicates and not just a steal worth, to deserve our yam...pic.twitter.com/sO15Ep9FUH

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      1. Jonathan elizabeth‏ @iam_elizabethJ 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BIkimberly

        Why do i find it hard to believe this

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      1. Efe oshodin‏ @EfeOshodin 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        when people dey hungry.niaja dey export yam

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      1. Felix Bawe‏ @Mbotman_Felix 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        # Is this true? Good initiative. Africa is the world's hub

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      1. Mr. Climate‏ @OlumideIDOWU 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        how do we feed the needy in the far north? Very important

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      1. Chibueze Ileka‏ @ChibuezeIleka 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        where in Europe

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      1. UchIgbokwe‏ @ChrisOgemdi 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Meanwhile 1.2m Nigerians are starving in NorthEast Nigeria

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      1. Ezigbo Mmadu‏ @Ezigbo_mmadu 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Country 80% of its populace,hardly eat on daily basis.Found it ideal to export what would have feed poor masses to feel relevant.

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