The Director, Commodities and Products Inspectorate Department, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) Mrs. Ope Ewe |
The
Director, Commodities and Products Inspectorate Department, Federal Ministry of
Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) Mrs. Ope Ewe has said preparation towards the hosting of the two
commodities international conference simultaneous this month was in full
progress as online registration by participants has started since along visa
processing and hotel reservations.
In a chat
with Food Farm News toward the forth
coming international conference targeted to galvanize the productivity of both
Shea butter and cotton in Nigeria, Mrs. Ope Ewe said that the foreign organizing
partners and the two national local associations of Shea Butter and cotton are
earnestly working towards ensuring a successful turn out of five hundred
participants for each of the commodity.
According to
Mrs. Ope Ewe “the preparation for the hosting of the two commodities international
conference is already on going as participants are registering online and the
visa process by the Nigerian Immigration Service with hotels booking are ongoing.
We are expecting more than 500 participants for the two commodities
differently. Our ministry is voting some amount for venue, transport to various
hotels and we have contacted the states’ governor, Bank of Agriculture, Central
Bank of Nigeria and Bank of Industry for support. The two commodities
associations are also working hard to ensure the conference success as issue
concerning standard and quality will be discussed and there will be opportunity
to interface with different people with better knowledge with best agricultural
practice from other countries”
In the press
briefing held last month, the Minister of state, Hajia Aisha Abukakar had
hinted that the international conference on the two commodities would be coming up between 12-14th March
stated that FMITI will be partnering Global Shea Alliance to organizing
an international conference tagged “Shea 2018” towards reinstating back the
country to its former global position as Nigeria was once the highest producer
of Shea butter with 57 per cent of the world Shea nuts production approximated
at $117b.
The minister also said that her Ministry would collaborate
with the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) and the Federal
Ministry Agriculture and Rural Development to organize the 16th Annual
International African Cotton Congress with focus on mechanized farming as
essential equipment to boost commercial productivity of the crop.
Already as part of preparation, the banner to the publicity
of the shea butter event read thus “the Global Shea
Alliance (GSA) and National Shea Products Association of Nigeria (NASPAN) are
pleased to announce the 11th annual International Shea Conference
with the theme “ Going further together” to be held in Abuja, Nigeria, March
12-13, 2018 at NAF Conference centre, Kado, Abuja.
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