The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) plc has said that it has started the implementation of the plan to boost the volume of farm produce for export by providing the infrastructure and logistics needed to facilitate the movement of produce from the farms to the airports.
The company has therefore already established farm produce processing centre at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and has kicked off the plan to set up similar facilities at the other international airports, including the ones in Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Enugu.
This was disclosed by the Group Managing Director of NAHCO, Indranil Gupta during a conference in Lagos at the weekend. Gupta said that Nigeria has massive fertile land that can make it the bread basket of the African continent, noting that what the country needs is how to get the farmers produce what is needed in the international market.
He said the country also needs how to coordinate what is produced and move them to the targeted markets, adding that this would generate huge foreign exchange for the country. He disclosed that establishing the export processing centre in Lagos cost the company about N1 billion.
