The 13 proposed perishable cargo terminals will be ready by December this year, Minister of Aviation Princess Stella Oduah has said.
The terminals will be sited in Abuja, Akure, Calabar, Ilorin, Jalingo, Jos, Kano, Lagos, Makurdi, Minna, Owerri, Port Harcourt and Uyo.
When completed, the terminals will enable Nigeria key into the over N250 billion annual air freight export market out of Africa. Countries like Kenya, South Africa, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Egypt are participating in the trading in commodities such as fruits, fresh fish, vegetables and flowers while Nigeria, which produces these items in abundance, records zero participation.
A statement from Joe Obi, SA (Media) to the Minister of Aviation said she gave the assurance when Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Alex Sabundu Badeh, paid a courtesy call on her at the ministry.
“We are hoping to have all the 13 perishable terminals ready by December, that’s our mandate and we must accomplish it,” the minister said
She also thanked the Air Force authorities for granting the request to use part of the Makurdi Air Base as one of the 13 approved perishable cargo terminals in the country, stressing that perishables have the potential of transforming the nation’s economy from bottom up.
Currently, “we are doing the fabrications in China; we expect that before the end of October they would have arrived for installation.
“We want to be able to have all our perishable produce from all our rural communities, whether it is pepper, tomatoes or okra, and be able to export them to international markets. It is a very exciting proposition and we are working round the clock to accomplish it,” she concluded

Nonybb: Lets becareful cos am seeing a looming food scarcity if proud override public interest as it normally does in Nigerian scenerio. We impor t wat we produce and export wat we dont produce

Nonybb: Lets becareful cos am seeing a looming food scarcity if proud override public interest as it normally does in Nigerian scenerio. We impor t wat we produce and export wat we dont produce

Nonybb: Lets becareful cos am seeing a looming food scarcity if proud override public interest as it normally does in Nigerian scenerio. We import wat we produce and export wat we dont produce

Nebeuwa: You see how this woman works. Femi Fani-Kayode was busy chasing Igbo women instead of doing his job as Aviation Minister. That man should be in prison.

chucky234: Exporting our perishables to the international market will result in scarcity of such produce in the domestic market.

The 2011 study according to AP, showed that Nigeria pays $360 million to import more than 300,000 metric tons annually of tomato paste from companies including Hebei, China-based Baoding Sanyuan Food Packing Co. and Singapore’s Olam International Ltd (OLAM). a year. Nigeria produces 1.5 million tons of tomatoes annually of which about 900,000 tons rot, Agriculture Minister Akinwunmi Adesina said at a June 13 presentation in Abuja.

df2006:

more than 60 percent of our perishable food rot before they even get to their local destination. the bulk of what you eat is already destroyed before it gets to your table.

Imagine if that 60 percent is exported.




http://thenationonlineng.net/new/dangote-vies-with-china-over-tomato-market/



this is a very good initiative, and any sharp business man should key into it.

Well done Madame minister.

chucky234: Exporting our perishables to the international market will result in scarcity of such produce in the domestic market.