Author: Wole Shadare

It is an irony of some sort that while Nigeria is the largest producer of many Agro-products, it loses $1bn annually to non-certification of Agric produce for export according to the coordinator of Aviacargo Roadmap Committee, Mr. Ikechi Uko. Uko in his presentation entitled, “Repositioning cargo operations through the development of agriculture and natural resources in Nigeria”, at the ongoing FAAN National Aviation Conference (FNAC) in Abuja disclosed that in 2021, the five biggest African…

 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) are partnering to streamline the processes required for getting produce certified. Recently, The report presented by the technical committee set up by the Federal Government to prevent the rejection of agro-exports from Nigeria listed food safety, technical barriers, non-adherence to best practices and disregard for basic requirements as major concerns largely responsible for the rejection of Nigeria’s agro-exports abroad….

Stakeholders in Africa’s aviation are of the view that the continent’s air transport system is growing and have overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. They noted that while the headwinds arising from other geopolitical-related developments, it is critical for the air transport ecosystem stakeholders put their weight behind concerted actions for the air transport business to thrive and contribute to the continent’s sustainable rapid development. To them, it is timely to redefine the narrative of Africa’s air transport…