Many Nigerians, especially those conversant with air transport in Nigeria have criticised the decision of many state governors investing in airport development. They see it as misplaced priority because there are always more critical projects that will benefit majority of the citizens of the state. Most often they cite provision of potable water, healthcare system, […]
With hundreds of kilometers of arable land from mangrove to the Savanna, agriculture can become the major source of foreign exchange for Nigeria Nigeria is sitting on huge wealth that it is almost slipping away. That wealth is agriculture, which has remained untapped as a huge source of foreign exchange because government has not shown […]
It has been established that if Nigeria maximises food production, agriculture will replace oil and gas as major source of foreign exchange, but to make this possible farmers and middlemen must find easier ways of freighting farm produce to both local and international markets. Aviators conversant with air freighting of cargo have posited that the […]
A recent tour around the country shows that Nigeria has diverse and huge agri produce to export to the world but lacks the ability to develop, preserve and exploit her invaluable resources. From the mangrove to the Sahel, Nigeria has farm and animal produce for export that could yield more foreign exchange than oil and […]
Nigeria is targeting to export over 600, 000 tons of agricultural produce by 2026 and earn a projected revenue of about $10 billion per annum, to overtake Kenya, which is currently number one in the export of agricultural produce in Africa. In 2021 alone, Kenya exported over 300, 000 tons of coffee, tea, cut flower […]
