The Director General of Nsukka Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Dr Daniel Ochi, has appealed to the Federal Ministry of Aviation to install Explosives Detector Machine at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, to engender export of local products through the airport.
Ochi who made the appeal in an interview with journalists in Enugu, disclosed that his chamber had an order to supply 100 tonnes of ‘yellow habanero’ otherwise known as Nsukka yellow pepper and ocimum gratissimum popularly known as scent leaf to the United States of America every month for five years, but regretted that they would not export through the airport without the EDM.
He explained that a condition precedent required by their off-takers and buyers before the products could be exported to the US or European countries was that the products must be subjected to EDM.
According Ochi, Nsukka Chamber of Commerce is promoting exports of made-in-Nigeria products, adding that at present, they can only export such products through Lagos and Abuja airports.
He pointed out that if they move their consignment from Enugu to Lagos it will add to the costs of products and by the time their products arrive the US, they might not be able to compete favourably because of price; so they lose.
According to him, the chamber is also talking with the Enugu state government to help in relating the situation to the Federal Ministry of Aviation and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria.
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