Reno Omokri has repeated the false claims he made previously in 2022 that Peter Obi is the reason Dangote tomato plant is not working.

On December 16, 2022, a frontline campaigner for the Atiku/Okowa presidency, Mr Reno Omokri, using his Twitter handle, @renoomokri, said Dangote refinery has shut down…

On December 16, 2022, a frontline campaigner for the Atiku/Okowa presidency, Mr Reno Omokri, using his Twitter handle, @renoomokri, said Dangote refinery has shut down due to importation of cheap tomato paste from Europe.

Omokri also accused Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party of being behind the importation of the cheap tomato paste.



Verdict: False

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Mr Omokri, an aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, is very active on social media especially on Twitter.

In his tweet of December 16, he said “Dangote’s tomato paste factory in Kano had to close shop due to massive importation of cheaper foreign tomato paste from Europe. Guess who is behind that importation? Peter Obi. And he expects the millions of Kano people affected by his exploitation to vote for him?”

The tweet as at the time of this fact check, had gathered 4,402 likes, 223 quote tweets and 694 Retweets

Verification

Claim 1: Dangote tomato paste in Kano had closed shop

In verifying the claim, Daily Trust sought to ascertain the real situation at the Dangote Tomato paste factory in Kadawa area of Kano State.

Preliminary findings by Daily Trust showed that there are a lot of factors responsible for the inefficient functioning of the factory and one of the major ones is an insufficient supply of quality tomato to be processed into finished products.


It was also understood that the 1,200 tons per day plant that processes tomato was experiencing supply hitches as a result of overwhelming national demand.

Also, the factory, considered as the largest on the continent, can only produce at one-fifth its capacity, as a result of the low supply, thereby hindering its aim to reduce Nigeria’s over-reliance on imported tomato paste from China, and other countries.

As such, the production demand of the factory till date has not been met as farmers struggle to make tomatoes available, especially at a time the country is battling with food shortages due to widespread insecurity in the North West region, where Kano State is located.


A resident of Kano who is a farmer and also familiar with the challenges facing the factory, Munir Lawan, said told Daily Trust that “importation is not even part of the challenges facing the Factory.”

According to him, the site the factory is sited is quite far from where the tomato farmers reside – which is in faraway villages that are hard for vehicles to travel to and convey tomatoes to the factory.”

He added that “The demand for tomatoes is quite high as most of them (farmers) also supply them to the southern part of the country. As such, the supply gap is just the problem; not forgetting the insecurity too, as many farmers cannot access their farms.

“So for the Dangote tomato paste factory, it hasn’t been operational for a full year due to inadequate supply,” Munir said

Conclusion: Following enquiries and verification by Daily Trust, it is concluded that supply challenges is hindering the tomato factory from performing at full capacity against the claim that the factory has packed up, as such the claim is False.


Claim 2: Peter Obi is responsible for the closure of Dangote factory due to import of cheap tomato

Verification
In verifying this claim, Daily Trust could not independently verify if Peter Obi, or any of his companies, is accredited or certified to import the product into the country in the first place.

However, Daily Trust found that several companies are certified to import tomatoes into Nigeria, including the Dangote Group.

A letter obtained by Daily Trust from the Department of Technical Services at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning showed the approvals for these companies.

The letter, dated 20 July, 2022, was addressed to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service with the heading “RE: APPROVAL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2021 FISCAL POLICY MEASURE AND TARIFF AMENDMENTS -IMPORTATION OF TOMATO PASTE OR CONCENTRATE, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE: TRIPLE CONCENTRATE, HS CODE: 2002.90.11.00 AND OTHER, HS CODE: 2002.90.19.00,”


The letter reads: “I am directed to refer to circular Ref, No. F.181153/228 dated 31st August 2021 on the above subject and to confirm that the investors in the attached list with verifiable Backward Integration Programme (BIP) have been approved to import tomato paste or concentrate, not put up for retail sale: triple concentrate, HS Code: 2002.90.11.00 and Other, HS Code: 2002.90.19.00, at 10% duty rate and 20% levy (AT).
“This approval is valid for a period of one (1) year effective from the date of this letter and must be supported with the following documents: Form ‘M’ Final Invoice.


“Please accept the assurances of the warm regards of the Honourable Minister.

“Hajiya Fatima Z. Hayatu Director, Technical Services for Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning.”

Subsequently, the list which was tagged “LIST OF APPROVED INVESTORS WITH BACKWARD INTEGRATION PROGRAMME (BIP) TO IMPORT TOMATO PASTE OR CONCENTRATE, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE: TRIPLE CONCENTATE, HS CODE: 2002.90.11.00 AND OTHER HS CODE: 2002.90.19.00,” had a total of nine investors/companies approved for importation of tomato into the country with their quota allocations.

Accordingly, Conserveria Africana Limited (GBFoods) had a quota allocation of 42,000MT, closely followed by Caraway Africa Nigeria Limited with 20,000MT quota.

Also, Dangote Farms Limited had 19,000MT while Sonia Farms Limited, Tomato Jos and Erisco Foods Limited had 7,000MT, 6,000MT and 2,000MT

In the same vein, Firebrand Limited had 2,000MT, while Vitali Products Limited had 1,000MT each of quota allocations.

Consequently, these certified companies have been processing and producing tomato paste in Nigeria.

Conclusion: Following findings by Daily Trust, the claim that Peter Obi’s import of cheap tomato is responsible for Dangote’s factory woes is misleading as there are many companies importing the product into the country.

This fact check is produced in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development

https://dailytrust.com/has-dangote-tomato-factory-shut-down-as-claimed-by-reno-omokri/

Reno Omokri translated his post to Hausa language so he can incite northerners against Peter Obi.

The clown didn't include 10,000 dollars reward for fact-check this time. He must have noticed he has lost it in previous fact-check challenge.

MasterJayJay:
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After Onanuga, next is Reno.

He thinks he's unreachable. He shouldn't forget that the UK he resides, that Obi also have connects to serve him libel suit there.

Obi,.oko iyaawon

I have known foolish Reno to be a scallywag. Nothing important comes out of his mouth.

No need to fact check anything. We all know the writeup was full of blatant lies. These agbad0id cretins are just grasping at straws now. They have lost the reigns on their government and it is now on autopilot.

What with ministers making unfounded claims and papers writing useless editorials . . . Anthill groups springing up from ashes claiming to be pulling out of the protests etc

Comedy 😃

Reno is giving it to them woto woto

nlfpmod

Reno okoro adamusuleiman1 is the king of ethnic baiting (I dare say for sinister purposes because he's intelligent enough to know the outcome of what he's doing)
He's a dangerous human being

What a joke! Peter Obi can't even manage his own campaign, yet we're asking if he's responsible for shutting down a major company? Please, this is just another attempt to shift blame. He should focus on fixing his own mess first!

Chinkoalhaji34:
What a joke! Peter Obi can't even manage his own campaign, yet we're asking if he's responsible for shutting down a major company? Please, this is just another attempt to shift blame. He should focus on fixing his own mess first!

Babablu bulabu. It is Reno Omockery hired by APC media group that is lying against Peter Obi.

Has Tinubu managed the Tinubulated inflation that is currently sweeping through the country?
Raising interest rates up and up while inflation keeps rising.

The Reno O'monkey doesn't know how Next Cash & Carry supermarket is designed to function.
Am speaking as a firsthand experience with Next Cash & Carry supermarket in Jahi, Abuja.
Peter Obi is not directly involved in the buying & selling of goods in the supermarket.
He lease out section by section of the supermarket to marketers, who inturn display their goods & pay for the space they occupy. Its similar to what is obtainable in ShopRite.

Sane people don't even read reno's tweet...

They are garbage

Kingsmeal:


After Onanuga, next is Reno.

He thinks he's unreachable. He shouldn't forget that the UK he resides, that Obi also have connects to serve him libel suit there.

it is high time we the obidients shut up this Reno by taking him to court for most of these allegations against Obi.

Obiedun:
Reno is giving it to them woto woto

I pity most youths in Nigeria. Na where belle face. they can't reason & critically analyse things for themselves. They rely on others to reason for them. Quite pathetic!

KEVIND:


I pity most youths in Nigeria. Na where belle face. they can't reason & critically analyse things for themselves. They rely on others to reason for them. Quite pathetic!

park well please

Reno is going too far

Seefinish:
it is high time we the obidients shut up this Reno by taking him to court for most of these allegations against Obi.

Lol..... What about the false allegations you obidient have laid against other people.

Na Reno fit una. The guy is paying you pple back in you own coin and it seems you obidients can't match his energy.

Always fact checking his own incredible lies and fallacy. Reno Omokri, Bayo Onanuga, are just classless, shameless, and useless as human entity occupying space on the surface of the earth.

Obiedun:
Reno is giving it to them woto woto

Sotey he went to bring a post from 2022 🤣🤣🤣

Peter Obi and his supporters are always looking for someone to blame.

It's funny how they conveniently forget his own shortcomings while pointing fingers.

The tomato factory shutdown is just another excuse to distract from his failed promises.

Salewa97:
Peter Obi and his supporters are always looking for someone to blame.

It's funny how they conveniently forget his own shortcomings while pointing fingers.

The tomato factory shutdown is just another excuse to distract from his failed promises.

Babablu bulabu comprehension.

APC always recruiting illiterates.

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Lol..... What about the false allegations you obidient have laid against other people.

Na Reno fit una. The guy is paying you pple back in you own coin and it seems you obidients can't match his energy.[/quote] go to court

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So now we're playing the blame game? If Peter Obi really had a hand in the shutdown, then it's time to question his leadership abilities. A leader should be lifting industries, not shutting them down.

Philipponzaghi:
So now we're playing the blame game? If Peter Obi really had a hand in the shutdown, then it's time to question his leadership abilities. A leader should be lifting industries, not shutting them down.

Comprehension: 0.000001%.

So someone was actually fact checking what that criminal named Reno o monkey said about Peter Obi, shutting down Dangote's 🍅 firm in Kano state?

Unbelievable. They actually gave unmerited credence to what the criminal has to say and now, they decided to check whether he was lying or not?

Well, they have realised he was lying afterall.

And for those likes he got for spreading falsehood, it must be agbado chihuahuas liking and retweeting his gibberish to validate their innate hate for Peter Obi, the slayer of Thièfnubu in Lagos State.

Peter Obi and his band of misfits are always looking for someone to blame. The shutdown of Dangote Tomato is just another excuse for him to play the victim. If only he had focused on real governance instead of his usual antics, maybe we wouldn't be here. Typical of the agulu fraud to dodge accountability!

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