Nigeria's agric export increases 44% in Q1 2016 despite ban

Nigeria’s agric export increases 44% in Q1 2016 despite ban

PHOTO/DOC./PRO. PHOTO/APR. 10/IDRIS. L-R:COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH LAGOS STATE, DR. JIDE IDRIS; CHAIRMAN, LAGOS STATE MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DR. ORE FALOMO; AND CHAIRMAN, EDENFIELD HEALTH FOUNDATION, MR. ITUAH IGHODALO, DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON EKO FREE HEALTH MISSION, IN LAGOS... ON TUESDAY. PHOTO: SEGUN BAKARE

The latest foreign trade report released by the National bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown the country’s agric export increased by 43 percent in Q1 2016 despite the ban placed by the European Union (EU) on some agric commodities. A total of N117 billion worth of agricultural products was expor

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