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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says Nigeria’s non-oil export has risen to $1.791 cardinal successful the archetypal 4th of 2025.
The Chief Executive Officer of the council, Nonye Ayeni, said this astatine a one-day sensitisation workout organised by the Council for Sesame effect farmers, connected Thursday successful Dutse, Jigawa.
The taxable of the store is: “A Tactical Involvement for Enhancing the Production Capacity of Sesame Seed successful Jigawa State.”
Represented by Okany Chika Sylvia, Chief Trade Promotion Officer, NEPC, Ayeni said the export worth represents a 24.75 per cent summation compared to 19.59 per cent for the archetypal 4th of 2024.
She said the non-oil show for 2024 indicated that sesame effect ranked fig 3 retired of the apical 20 export products, amounting to 337.8258 metric tonnes with 4.63 per cent of the quantity exported.
“Nigeria tin get a important stock successful the tremendous forex from sesame effect export successful the globlglobal market,” she said.
Ayeni stressed the request to heighten the nation’s sesame yields and accumulation to maximise the export imaginable on the worth chain.
In a presentation, Sylvia said the export of Nigeria’s sesame effect to Japan betwixt 2019 and 2021 was allegedly threatened owed to the find of excess pesticide residue and salmonella.
“The offshoot of this find was raised by Japan Oil and Fat Importers and Exporters Association (JOFIEA) connected 5th August, 2022.
“Relatively, the Japanese Authorities allegedly confirmed that a precocious dose of pesticide residue recovered successful Sesame Seed exported to Japan betwixt 2019-2021 was 1.9 times successful excess of Maximum Residue Limit (MRL),” she said.
Sylvia highlighted that immoderate of the challenges related to sesame effect export see mediocre compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary requirements, cross-contamination during the handling process, and a deficiency of due documentation by exporters.
The NEPC authoritative highlighted immoderate of the solutions to see addressing the contaminant contented from the workplace gross to the market, a broad attack and leveraging grooming of farmers connected Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).
“The instauration of a technology-driven traceability system, tackling logistic hurdles, packaging and merchandise differentiation, volition besides curtail the situation.
“Quality testing, deployment of modern technology, consciousness run arsenic good arsenic constitution of bully retention strategy is vital,” she said.
Sylvia advocated the constitution of clusters wrong the medium-term frame, stressing that the assembly would prosecute applicable stakeholders to guarantee zero rejection of cultivation exports, particularly sesame seed.
“We judge that done strategical engagement, partnerships Nigeria’s sesame effect export volition beryllium boosted and competitively repositioned crossed large destination markets.”
Mr Abdulkadir Aliyu, NEPC Coordinator successful Jigawa, said the forum aimed astatine expanding Nigeria’s sesame effect output.
He said the wide objectives were to assistance the state pat into the increasing opportunities successful the planetary market, peculiarly successful overseas speech earnings.
“This is simply a invaluable accidental to summation insights and lend meaningfully to the improvement of this important sector,” helium said.
One of the participants, Balaraba Ibrahim, besides called for the constitution of aggregation centres for sesame effect processing successful Jigawa.
She expressed interest implicit the level of exploitation being faced by sesame farmers, who deficiency the capableness to process the produce, adding that the inclination forced them to dispose of it astatine cheaper prices.
Another participant, Magaji Rabi’u, advised farmers and residents of the authorities to research export opportunities done the NEPC.
The station Nigeria’s non-oil export hits $1.79bn successful Q1, 2025 – NEPC appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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