No yam export since trial run shipment in 2017 Committee chair

The Chairman, Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme, Simon Irtwang, has said that the committee needed the Federal Government’s financial support to enable it carry out its assignment effectively. 
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN in Lagos, that the committee members had been using their personal funds to sustain its activities. 
“The committee is being run with our meagre resources and times are getting harder by the day.  You will notice that there has not been any yam export after the launch of the programme and the trial run shipment in 2017,” he said.