The
federal government has again emphasized the importance the development and
promotion of the country’s non-oil export sector to the realization of
Nigeria’s drive to being among the top twenty economies of the world by 2020.
Industry,
trade and investment minister, Olusegun aganga stated this at a two day
conference and exhibition with the theme “importing commercial quantity food
products to the united kingdom, the guidelines and regulations which was
organized by the Nigeria export promotion council, NEPC in Abuja.
Represented
by the permanent secretary in the ministry, Aganga expressed the governments
hope that the NEPC would in the future receive fewer complaints from exporters
regarding the rejection of Nigerian food exports to the UK.
Executive
director and CEO NEPC David Adulugba told rhythm news that they brought in
British government personnel charged with food safety controls at UK borders to
educate the exporters on how to overcome challenges faced.
While the
UK is Nigeria’s top five traditional non-oil export destination for food
produce, most exportable items remain banned by the UK border patrol as they
fall below EU food standards, poor packaging and food preservation, non
compliance with size specifications and weak export procedures and
documentation.
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