The Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Dr. Latif Busari, has revealed that Nigeria spent $620 million on the importation of raw sugar last year.
Busari who stated this in Abuja during a recent NAN forum, expressed regret that levies were not paid on over 99 per cent of the sugar imported into the country.
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