NAFDAC Urges Collaboration among Stakeholders to Boost Export

Chinedu Eze

The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged stakeholders to collaborate and work in unison in order to increase and improve volume of exports from Nigeria.

The agency said the collaboration is important in order to ensure that export trade meets the requirements of the country’s trading partner in terms of quality, standards, quantity and certification.

In a paper presentation entitled: ‘How to Improve Process to Increase Export in Nigeria’, at the CHINET 3rd Aviacargo Conference in Lagos, with the theme: ‘Unlocking the Logistics Barrier to Improve Agro Exports Products’, the Deputy Director, Export Division, Ports Inspection Directorate, NAFDAC, Mrs. Sanwoolu O.A. said, all exported produce that went through the export certification process have not been rejected.

Mrs. Sanwoolu said that there are factors that hinder the export of some products from Nigeria and that is why some countries reject such products from the country.

She identified non-adherence to standardized clearance procedure by stakeholders; freight forwarders, cargo handlers, airlines/carriers, regulatory agencies and poor inter-agency collaboration among sister regulatory agencies as some of the hindrances to the rejection of Nigeria’s exports. “Inadequate knowledge of stakeholders on approved packaging and labelling
requirements by stakeholders in the export corridor, inadequate logistics at the export terminal and exporting regulated products without recourse to NAFDAC processes,” she said.