Ban on Nigeria-made hibiscus flowers has left many exporters ‘technically’ out of business, as the ban of the product by the Mexican government is yet to be lifted.
This has caused job loss in the agriculture value chain, even as many farmers depend on cultivation of product for survival.The President of the Association of Hibiscus Flower Exporters of Nigeria (AHFEN), Mr Tunji Lawal, said to get the ban lifted, Mexico has stipulated standards.
Lawal, who also commended the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) for making efforts to lift the ban, said the process would still take some months before Nigeria would be certified to begin export of the product.
“It is almost done but not done yet. We hope that it should be lifted, but as it is now, it will take some…
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