Tag: Importation
Experts mull Africa’s adoption of Chinese import substitution model
• Seek Focus On Local Food Consumption
Underdevelopment ravaging the continent of Africa can be dismantled with the adoption of the Chinese model of Import...
COVID-19: Why Nigerians should avoid imported frozen foods now
As part of moves to permanently flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, health experts have cautioned Nigerians on the consumption...
Buhari restates directive to CBN not to support food, fertilizer importation
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria not to allocate foreign exchange to importers of food and fertiliser.
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‘Ban egg powder importation to save $1bn, poultry sector’
The Federal Government has been called upon to ban or impose additional duty on the importation of egg powder (dehydrated and powdered eggs) to...
Nigeria’s Ban on Maize Importation: Sustaining Productivity, Backward Integration and the...
With the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revised forex policy excluding Maize from the list of commodities eligible to obtain FX from the CBN. Wandieville...
Allow us import rice, Vietnamese government lobbies Nigeria
Vuong Dinh Hue, the Vietnamese deputy prime minister, has requested that his country be allowed to increase rice imports into Nigeria.
Speaking on Tuesday during...
FG urged to discourage agro products import
The federal government has been urged to go beyond the closure of the Benin and Niger land borders to introduce policies that will discourage...
Nigeria’s border policy leaves concerns about rice shortage
The closure of Nigeria’s land borders may be impelling local rice producers to raise their capacities in response to concerns about the consequent shortage,...
Stakeholders laud CBN over forex ban on milk import
The recent ban on foreign exchange (forex) for importation of milk announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the last Monetary Policy...
AFAN Charges FG For Better Structures Before Tomato Importation Ban
With the recently deliberated plan to place a ban on the importation of tomato paste in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria has...
No changes yet after senate, FG ban importation of oil
Palm oil as an agricultural produce is supposed to be a resource that could sky rocket the development of national economies, due to its...
President’s Hometown Dominated by Rice Smugglers
In the midst of a massive decline being experienced in the country, the agricultural sector can be vividly seen as one sector that continues...
Nigerian govt to ban tomato paste importation earlier than end of...
Nigerian govt to ban tomato paste importation: The federal authorities will place a closing ban on the importation of tomato paste earlier than the...
FEPSAN eyes export market as FG restricts fertiliser import
The executive secretary, Fertilizer Producers Association of Nigeria (FESPAN), Ahmed Rabiy Kwa, has disclosed that very soon, Nigeria will begin to export NPK fertilizer,...
We spend over N20 billion on food imports yearly, says Obaseki...
Godwin Obaseki. Photo: Twitter/GovernorObasekiAs Nosak Group Participates At Edo Food And Agric FairWith the revelation that Nigeria spends over N20b on food importation yearly,...