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| Chief Eric Umeofia, CEO, Erisco Foods Limited |
Chief Umeofia
noted that the industrialisation strategy, which aims at achieving greater
global competitiveness in the production of processed and manufactured goods,
would be a mirage, without effective implementation of government policies.
The
government on March 27, last year, introduced the tomato policy, and increased
tariff on tomato concentrate import from five to 50 per cent in its bid to
encourage local production. The policy was to accelerate the growth of the
manufacturing industry and deepen the diversification of the economy.
Have you heard this? Many Nigerian
exporters have been defrauded of huge amount of money in the process of
exporting commodities to foreign countries. Do you know why? They were not
trained on export operations, management, documentations and the best methods
of payment in export trade. This is terrible!!! Nigerians cannot continue to
lose money to foreigners in the course of export business. Exporters, why don’t
you get a practical manual that teaches the stages of export trade from
processing and packaging of commodities to receipt of payment by the foreign
buyers. It teaches export operations, export management, export documentations
and methods of payment in export trade? It is a contemporary step-by-step guide
to export trade. It tells all the contemporary dynamics in export trade. To get
it, click on the link below:
According
to the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria imports an
average of 150,000 metric tons of tomato concentrate per annum, valued at $170
million, mostly due to inadequacy in local capacity to produce tomato
concentrate.
Federal
Government’s data reveals that the current demand for fresh tomato fruits is
estimated at 2.45 million metric tons per annum (MTPA), while the country
produces only about 1.8 million MTPA.
“There are lots of policies by the government that are targeted at
stimulating growth in the manufacturing sector; but the sector has continued to
suffer slow growth and low productivity, due to ineffective implementation of
these policies. One year after the tomato policy was introduced; no tangible
progress has been made in implementing the policy. The objective of the policy,
which is to boost tomato production, improve the value chain, create jobs and
attract investment into the sector, has been delayed,” Umeofia said.
According
to the king of tomato, the tomato industry is still facing challenges of fake
tomato paste that are being smuggled and imported into the country. He noted
that these substandard products portend a risk to the health of unsuspecting
consumers, as well as affect the viability of local producers.
Chief Umeofia,
who is the Ikuku-Oma of Amichi, said that
the recent zeal attached to curbing the Codeine Syrup menace, should be
extended to flush out fake and substandard tomato paste from the market. He
said fake and substandard tomato paste was much more dangerous to health than
the Codeine Syrup. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
He
said, “People choose to abuse Codeine consumption, but
fake tomato paste consumption is ingested unknowingly by the generality of the
people, and it affects both old and young. As people consume fake and
substandard tomato paste, they would be dying slowly, and contributing to
medical bills.”
Chief Umeofia,
who was the 2015 Sun Newspaper Manufacturer of the year, commended the
government for returning the National
Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to the ports. The
industrialist urged the agency to leverage
its presence at the ports to effectively control importation of
unwholesome foods and substandard goods. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
“A 2015 survey report of NAFDAC revealed that 91.1 per cent of
tomato pastes circulated in the country were fake and substandard. We expect
the agency’s presence at the ports to stop the entry of these products,” he said.
The
industrial field marshal urged the relevant government agencies to collaborate
on policing the ports and borders toward reducing smuggling in order to grow
the nation’s industrial sector. (Nation)
Have you heard this? Many
Nigerian exporters have been defrauded of huge amount of money in the process
of exporting commodities to foreign countries. Do you know why? They were not
trained on export operations, management, documentations and the best methods
of payment in export trade. This is terrible!!! Nigerians cannot continue to
lose money to foreigners in the course of export business. Exporters, why don’t
you get a practical manual that teaches the stages of export trade from
processing and packaging of commodities to receipt of payment by the foreign
buyers. It teaches export operations, export management, export documentations
and methods of payment in export trade? It is a contemporary step-by-step guide
to export trade. It tells all the contemporary dynamics in export trade. To get
it, click on the link below:
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