Nigerian firm to export agro chemicals to Ghana

One of Nigeria’s agricultural inputs development and distribution companies, the Candel Company Limited, has unveiled plans to commence exportation of agrochemical products to Ghana.

Chairman of the Group, Mr. Charles Anudu, disclosed this during plant inspection and assessment visit to the company by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, of Ghana, aimed at ensuring compliance with global environmental and quality standards.

Anudu said the plant, inaugurated barely three months ago, had the capacity to export crop protection chemicals and foliar fertilizers to Ghana, assuring that other African markets would follow in line with its vision as an international agro-input company with Nigerian content.

He said: “As a company, we have been operating in Ghana for about 15 years, trading in agrochemical products made for us in Asia and Europe, but now we want to export our made-in-Nigeria products, which are made with the context of the West African farmer as the focus.

We will supply our own distribution network as well as private label customers in that market’’. Anudu also noted that quality was of utmost importance to the company, saying ‘’we will ensure that the quality of the chemical content in our bottle is exactly as written on the label. Our approach to quality is a holistic one”
Speaking shortly after the plant inspection, the Head of Chemical Control and Management Centre of EPA, Ghana, Dr. SamAdu-Kumi, commended the company’s management on the factory’s initiative which, he noted, would set a good foundation, not only for the nation’s economy, but the entire West African sub region.

He said: “Most of the agrochemical products that come into our country are substandard. In our sub-region, we only have one factory. Candel’s plant and standards are welcome developments that would help boost the nation’s economy, trickling down to other West African countries”.