"The abundance of exportable perishable agricultural products in Benue State and indeed all over Nigeria that are in high demand at the international market but are not being fully harnessed for export "
Tuesday, August 26 - Haboursandport.com:
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, and other stakeholders have identified a multiplicity of charges and cumbersome procedures as factors discouraging exports from Nigeria.
They stated this at a one-day stakeholders’ enlightenment meeting with the theme, “Proper Packaging System: An Essential Tool For Agro Export” organized by the NSC in Makurdi.
The meeting, which was hosted by the NSC Executive Secretary, Mr. Pius Akutah, in a communique, recommended proper packaging and labelling of non-oil products to international standards to enhance the fortunes of the export sector and ensure Nigeria’s economic growth.
The meeting which had in attendance exporters, personnel from the military, paramilitary, traditional institutions, business owners, and the media among others pointed out that “cumbersome procedures and multiplicity of charges and agencies involved in the export logistics chain give rise to prohibitive cost which discourage exporters and make Nigerian exportable products uncompetitive at the international market.”
According to them, “Nigeria’s mono-sector economy is being seriously threatened, and it has therefore become very pertinent to diversify the economy through the export of agricultural farm produce resources available in Benue State.”
They noted “the abundance of exportable perishable agricultural products in Benue State and indeed all over Nigeria that are in high demand at the international market but are not being fully harnessed for export to the detriment of the nation’s economic growth and development and its impacts on the GDP.”
They urged that “the NSC, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Central Bank Of Nigeria, NEXIM, Organized Private Sector and other critical stakeholders should sustain the advocacy for value addition on an agricultural product meant for export to ensure accessibility of export financing and break the jinx of constant rejection of Nigerian export commodity in the international market to make them competitive at the global market.”
The stakeholders also stressed among others the need for the establishment of a Benue warehouse where agro produce such as orange, sesame seeds, soya beans and mangoes originating from the state could be stored for export even as they noted that farmers’ insecurity occasioned by banditry and herders-farmers clashes were causing huge losses to farmers of cash crops in local and foreign revenue.
To address some of these challenges, they urged the Federal Government to “provide international Market and yam facility conditioning centre in the state.
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, and other stakeholders have identified a multiplicity of charges and cumbersome procedures as factors discouraging exports from Nigeria.
They stated this at a one-day stakeholders’ enlightenment meeting with the theme, “Proper Packaging System: An Essential Tool For Agro Export” organized by the NSC in Makurdi.
The meeting, which was hosted by the NSC Executive Secretary, Mr. Pius Akutah, in a communique, recommended proper packaging and labelling of non-oil products to international standards to enhance the fortunes of the export sector and ensure Nigeria’s economic growth.
The meeting which had in attendance exporters, personnel from the military, paramilitary, traditional institutions, business owners, and the media among others pointed out that “cumbersome procedures and multiplicity of charges and agencies involved in the export logistics chain give rise to prohibitive cost which discourage exporters and make Nigerian exportable products uncompetitive at the international market.”
According to them, “Nigeria’s mono-sector economy is being seriously threatened, and it has therefore become very pertinent to diversify the economy through the export of agricultural farm produce resources available in Benue State.”
They noted “the abundance of exportable perishable agricultural products in Benue State and indeed all over Nigeria that are in high demand at the international market but are not being fully harnessed for export to the detriment of the nation’s economic growth and development and its impacts on the GDP.”
They urged that “the NSC, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Central Bank Of Nigeria, NEXIM, Organized Private Sector and other critical stakeholders should sustain the advocacy for value addition on an agricultural product meant for export to ensure accessibility of export financing and break the jinx of constant rejection of Nigerian export commodity in the international market to make them competitive at the global market.”
The stakeholders also stressed among others the need for the establishment of a Benue warehouse where agro produce such as orange, sesame seeds, soya beans and mangoes originating from the state could be stored for export even as they noted that farmers’ insecurity occasioned by banditry and herders-farmers clashes were causing huge losses to farmers of cash crops in local and foreign revenue.
To address some of these challenges, they urged the Federal Government to “provide international Market and yam facility conditioning centre in the state.
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