Nigeria has failed to benefit from multibillion-dollar agricultural items exported from West Africa due to non-certification of its farm produce such as yam, mangoes, shrimps, garlic, ginger and others. Ghana, Cameroon, Mali and others have been benefitting from the export of their farm produce such as plantain, mangoes, yam; that Ghana in 2021 generated about […]
Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) has said that government agencies at the airports have become impediment to successful import and export business in the country. The NEPZA has accused these agencies, including regulators like Nigerian Quarantine Service, NAFDAC, Nigerian Customs, Nigerian Immigration Services and others of mounting extortions roadblocks, harassment of exporters and introducing […]
Nigeria is exporting more products by air than it has ever done in the past and most of the products are meant for Nigerians who live abroad, THISDAY’s findings showed. The development was confirmed by aviation handling companies, which stated that export of perishables and other Nigerian edible products was on the rise. The Managing […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Exports Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo has said that Nigeria informal sector records at least N41 billion annually across the West African States. These include perishables like agriculture produce, animal skin and locally manufactured goods, which are largely not captured by government agencies like the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics. […]
