Post by Trade Forum on Dec 29, 2021 15:39:22 GMT 1
Rejection Of Export Produce: IPAN Seeks Adequate Funding Of Analytic Laboratories To End Ugly Trend
The issue of rejection of agricultural produce of Nigerian origin has once again come up for discussion as The Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), has lent its voice by lamenting that its laboratories have been neglected by the government. It said that this neglect had constrained it from carrying out in-depth laboratory tests of most agricultural produce exported from the country to foreign nations.
The group complained bitterly that inability of the government at various levels to fund the laboratories meant for testing the export produce from Nigeria has been the major cause of the rejection of most consumer goods from the country to the international market. However, they appealed to the government to change the attitude to support the organization.
The Institute also advised the exporting Nigerians to pay serious attention in producing commodities with high quality assurance; noting that the rate at which goods from the country are rejected is alarming and embarrassing.
The Chairman of Council of IPAN, Femi Oyediran, made the statement while speaking during the group’s Mandatory training workshop for members in Abuja; he complained that his group’s smooth operation was hindered by poor funding.
He said “We are facing a lot of challenges, especially proper funding. Funding of these laboratories is very important.”
“Regretting that during the intervention fund from the government to most organizations in Nigeria, we never received any dime from the government.
“It is important that government supports us because if government supports these analytic laboratories as well as medical laboratories, we will be able to safeguard the health of the people.”
Also at the occasion, the Registrar of IPAN, Aliyu Angara, said that IPAN through its members had been at the forefront in laboratory testing of consumer and health related products for the socio-economic wellbeing of the nation.
“It is disheartening to mention that most African countries till date have continued to incur huge financial losses from rejections of products billed for exports by European countries and Asia. The essential reasons were attributed to non-compliance with international standard specifications.
“Our dear country Nigeria is not free from all these embarrassing and monumental losses especially from her non-oil exports.”
Angara noted that “Recently, NAFDAC complained of the rejection of food and produce from Nigeria, from Europe and America and some other parts of the world because due diligence was not done on all these products before they leave”, he appealed for a change of heart from Nigerian exporters.
“There are standards and if you don’t meet it, it is either your goods are destroyed or they are sent back to your country and that is not good for trade,” he reminded the people.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Sector Matters, Mr. Francis Anatogu, noted that Nigeria can capture the African market, but tasked it to “aim at building capacity to produce and export at least a billion-dollar of products and services on an annual basis.”
Anatogu is the Secretary of the National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), he noted that quality was key, hence the need for IPAN as a regulatory body to do more in the area of capacity development.
“There are a lot of projects already ongoing in the infrastructure space. There is a lot going on in terms of access to finance by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Industry (BoI), Development Banks and others. A lot has been done by SMEDAN in terms of growing the capacity of our people to export. There is also a lot going on in the state level in terms of building the production and service capacity.
“We are now focusing on AfCFTA, prioritizing some of these ongoing initiatives to make sure that we can immediately start to see the results.
“Two key areas that we have now started working in implementation space at AfCFTA are aggregating SMEs for export. The other one is an eCommerce initiative, which is about onboarding SMEs onto eCommerce platforms. So this is actually making their products visible, helping them to actually develop that capacity very quickly to export,” the Secretary said.
Our company is one of the biggest export companies in Nigeria; currently we have ready to buy international buyers for cashew for the 2022 season. If you are interested in signing contracts with them, please contact the admin of this forum immediately
The issue of rejection of agricultural produce of Nigerian origin has once again come up for discussion as The Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), has lent its voice by lamenting that its laboratories have been neglected by the government. It said that this neglect had constrained it from carrying out in-depth laboratory tests of most agricultural produce exported from the country to foreign nations.
The group complained bitterly that inability of the government at various levels to fund the laboratories meant for testing the export produce from Nigeria has been the major cause of the rejection of most consumer goods from the country to the international market. However, they appealed to the government to change the attitude to support the organization.
The Institute also advised the exporting Nigerians to pay serious attention in producing commodities with high quality assurance; noting that the rate at which goods from the country are rejected is alarming and embarrassing.
The Chairman of Council of IPAN, Femi Oyediran, made the statement while speaking during the group’s Mandatory training workshop for members in Abuja; he complained that his group’s smooth operation was hindered by poor funding.
He said “We are facing a lot of challenges, especially proper funding. Funding of these laboratories is very important.”
“Regretting that during the intervention fund from the government to most organizations in Nigeria, we never received any dime from the government.
“It is important that government supports us because if government supports these analytic laboratories as well as medical laboratories, we will be able to safeguard the health of the people.”
Also at the occasion, the Registrar of IPAN, Aliyu Angara, said that IPAN through its members had been at the forefront in laboratory testing of consumer and health related products for the socio-economic wellbeing of the nation.
“It is disheartening to mention that most African countries till date have continued to incur huge financial losses from rejections of products billed for exports by European countries and Asia. The essential reasons were attributed to non-compliance with international standard specifications.
“Our dear country Nigeria is not free from all these embarrassing and monumental losses especially from her non-oil exports.”
Angara noted that “Recently, NAFDAC complained of the rejection of food and produce from Nigeria, from Europe and America and some other parts of the world because due diligence was not done on all these products before they leave”, he appealed for a change of heart from Nigerian exporters.
“There are standards and if you don’t meet it, it is either your goods are destroyed or they are sent back to your country and that is not good for trade,” he reminded the people.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Sector Matters, Mr. Francis Anatogu, noted that Nigeria can capture the African market, but tasked it to “aim at building capacity to produce and export at least a billion-dollar of products and services on an annual basis.”
Anatogu is the Secretary of the National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), he noted that quality was key, hence the need for IPAN as a regulatory body to do more in the area of capacity development.
“There are a lot of projects already ongoing in the infrastructure space. There is a lot going on in terms of access to finance by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Industry (BoI), Development Banks and others. A lot has been done by SMEDAN in terms of growing the capacity of our people to export. There is also a lot going on in the state level in terms of building the production and service capacity.
“We are now focusing on AfCFTA, prioritizing some of these ongoing initiatives to make sure that we can immediately start to see the results.
“Two key areas that we have now started working in implementation space at AfCFTA are aggregating SMEs for export. The other one is an eCommerce initiative, which is about onboarding SMEs onto eCommerce platforms. So this is actually making their products visible, helping them to actually develop that capacity very quickly to export,” the Secretary said.
Our company is one of the biggest export companies in Nigeria; currently we have ready to buy international buyers for cashew for the 2022 season. If you are interested in signing contracts with them, please contact the admin of this forum immediately
