Use our pull-down menus to find more stories
	-- Regions/Countries -- Africa Central Africa East Africa North Africa Southern Africa West Africa --- Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Kinshasa Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland São Tomé and Príncipe Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe    -- Topics -- AGOA AIDS Africa on the Move Agribusiness Aid and Assistance Arms and Armies Arts Athletics Banking Book Reviews Books Business Capital Flows Children Climate Commodities Company Conflict Construction Crime Currencies Debt Ecotourism Editorials Education Energy Environment Food and Agriculture From allAfrica's Reporters Game Parks Health Healthcare and Medical Human Rights ICT Infrastructure Investment Labour Land Issues Latest Legal Affairs Malaria Manufacturing Media Migration Mining Music Music Reviews NEPAD NGO Oceans Olympics Peacekeeping Petroleum Polio Pregnancy and Childbirth Privatization Refugees Religion Science Soccer Sport Stock Markets Sustainable Development Terrorism Trade Transport Travel Tuberculosis Urban Issues Water Wildlife Women World Cup --- Central Africa Business East Africa Business North Africa Business Southern Africa Business West Africa Business --- Asia, Australia, and Africa Europe and Africa International Organisations Latin America and Africa Middle East and Africa U.S., Canada and Africa --- From AllAfrica Photo Essays Special Reports

---

web allafrica.com	Enter your search terms	Submit search form
OR subscribers use AllAfrica's premium search engine

---

---

---

Nigeria: Agency to Check Export of Commodities

	Email This Page Print This Page Comment on this article

This Day (Lagos)

28 June 2008
Posted to the web 30 June 2008

Lagos

Head of the Federal Produce Inspection Service in Lagos, Mr Rufus Akinrodolu, has said the service has been strengthened to prevent illegal export of commodities to the international market.

Akinrodolu said the goods smuggled out of the country did not go through quality test.

He urged exporters to ensure that commodity for export meet the required grading and

standards of the importing country.

"Our steps to ensure that commodity smuggling is checkmated is in line with the Federal

Government's resolve to make agriculture the backbone of the nation's economy," he said.

Relevant Links West Africa Economy, Business and Finance Commodities Legal and Judicial Affairs Nigeria

He listed the challenges facing produce inspection in the country to include lack of funds, inadequate skilled manpower as well as logistics. Akinrodolu advised importers to always ensure that produce were kept in good warehouse, adopt periodic spraying and fumigation of storage facility with approved international standard chemical.According to him, these efforts will make the produce to be free of insects and moisture while awaiting shipment.

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Share this on: Facebook Digg Del.icio.us StumbleUpon Muti

Copyright © 2008 This Day. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections -- or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

Make allAfrica.com your home page | RSS Feed

Top | Site Guide | Who We Are | Advertising | Search | Subscribe

Questions or Comments? Contact us. Read our Privacy Statement.

HOME

West Africa Economy, Business and Finance Commodities Legal and Judicial Affairs Nigeria

Investors Panic As Oil Falls Below $78 $20 Billion Capital Fleeing Continent Yearly - Report Banks Warn On Mobile Money Transfers Senators, Reps' Disagreement Delays Yar'Adua Power Sector - AC Asks Yar'Adua to Probe Obasanjo

Today's Most Active Stories Most Read Most Commented Most Emailed Somalia: Clashes At Red Sea Between Soldiers, Pirates Congo-Kinshasa: Are Rwanda And DRC Heading for War? Zimbabwe: Power Sharing Deal Fails First Test of Goodwill Africa: Eight Teams Qualify For Next 2010 Round Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Opponents Mock Cabinet 'Wish List' Somalia: Stealing From the Rich Zimbabwe: Mugabe Claims All Key Ministries Kenya: Obama Gaining Ground in Tribal America Nigeria/Sierra Leone: Eagles Romp Past Sierra Leone Liberia: Pastor Chops Woman With Cutlass Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Suspends Talks Zimbabwe: Mugabe Claims All Key Ministries Zimbabwe: Power Sharing Tragedy Africa: The Sarah Palin Journey Kenya: Author Who Attacked Obama Kicked Out Zimbabwe: Power-Sharing Deal Faces Collapse Zimbabwe: Zanu PF Fiddles While Nation Burns Zimbabwe: Dispute Over Ministries Halts Talks Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Capture Major Military Base South Africa: Ruling ANC Heads Towards Split Congo-Kinshasa: Are Rwanda And DRC Heading for War? Somalia: Stealing From the Rich Africa: Going Bananas to Fight Poverty And Hunger Liberia: Country Gets U.S.$100 Million to Promote Investment Nigeria: Can This Man Cure Aids? Nigeria: Yar'Adua Undergoes Surgery in Saudi Arabia Zimbabwe: Mugabe Claims Key Ministries, Reports Party Newspaper Kenya: Obama Gaining Ground in Tribal America Namibia: Heritage Council Tasked to Request for 'Skulls' Namibia: MEATCO Eyes U.S Market