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Why Food Exports From Nigeria ‘re Rejected At Int’l Market – NIFST

The Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), has identified non-compliance with global food standards, poor packaging and poor adherence to food safety as part of the major reasons food exports from Nigeria are rejected at the International market.
NIFST which stated this at a press conference at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike on Tuesday, also identified poor funding funding as a major challenge to Nigeria’s food export quest.
National President of NIFST, Professor Joseph Oneh Abu, who addressed a press conference ahead of the 47th Annual Conference of the NIFST, holding in Abia State, regretted that despite efforts to break the jinx, Nigeria’s food export is yet to elicit acceptability at the global market.
He further noted that poor branding of foods by exporters usually affect their marketability and competitiveness at the global market.
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The NIFST boss noted that Nigeria has the capacity to dominate the global food export market but called for more conscious efforts to explore the huge opportunity in the sector.
He restated the preparedness of NISFT ” to harness the abundance of talent, knowledge and skills among food professionals in Nigeria towards foods sufficiency and good nutrition of the masses”.
Projecting the value global food industry to hit $10 trillion by 2027, the NIFST boss said that the organization was making frantic efforts to enable Nigeria get a fare chunk of the projection.
He regretted that Nigeria currently, imports more than three times, the value of its food exports.
Professor Abu, however, expressed optimism that experts in the sector would in the course of the conference, brainstorm on the ways to navigate the country out of the woods.
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According to him the conferees are drawn from the academics, civil society, food industry, Government.
The NIFST boss commended the Federal Government for establishing the Nigerian Council of Food Science and Technology, NICFoST to regulate the practice of food science in Nigeria.
He urged Government not to delay in inaugurating the council at ones.
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He, however, appealed for adequate funding to enable NIFST execute its activities in the country council.
Professor Abu predicted bright future for Nigeria in food export is all the necessary stakeholders should play their card well.
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Nigerian Stock Market Hits 10th Consecutive Uptrend As investors Gain N308bn

The Nigerian Stock Market recorded its 10th consecutive uptrend as investors raked in N308 billion gain on Thursday.
This comes as the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, market capitalisation, which opened at N92.490 trillion, appreciated by 0.33 per cent to close at N92.798 trillion on Thursday.
Also, the All-Share Index added 0.33 per cent, or 485.25 points, to close at 146,204.34, compared with 145,719.09 recorded on Wednesday.
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Increased trading in Eunisell Interlinked, Caverton Offshore Support Group, Sunu Assurances, Industrial and Medical Gases, Mecure, and 27 other advancing stocks boosted market performance on Thursday.
To this end, the market breadth also closed positive with 32 gainers and 21 losers.
Further analysis showed that Eunisell Interlinked and Caverton Offshore Support Group led the gainers’ chart by 10 per cent each, closing at N44 and N6.93 per share, respectively, while FTN Cocoa Processors led the losers’ table by 6.67 per cent, closing at N5.60 per share.
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Market activity showed a decline in the number of deals and volume traded but an improvement in trade value.
Accordingly, a total of 346.99 million shares worth N27.43 billion were traded in 24,691 deals, compared with 525.72 million shares worth N13.61 billion exchanged in 25,597 deals on Wednesday.
Fidelity Bank topped the activity chart with 42.01 million shares valued at N861.54 million.
According to DAILY POST, NGX has continued its bullish run from last month’s end to date.
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CBN Sets POS Maximum Transactions In Fresh Guidelines

The Central Bank of Nigeria has rolled out fresh guidelines for agent banking, known as Point of Sales, across the country.
The apex also in the guidelines pegged daily POS transactions at N1.2 million per agent and N100,000 per individual.
CBN disclosed this in a circular signed by its Director of the Payments System Management Department, Musa Jimoh.
The guidelines further mandate all financial institutions to publish the list of all their POS agents on their website and to display it in their branches.
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CBN noted that the guidelines would take effect from April 1, 2026.
“The Guidelines aim to establish minimum standards for operating agent banking in Nigeria, enhancing agent banking to provide financial services and promoting financial inclusion, encouraging responsible market conduct and improving service quality in agent banking operations.
“This circular takes effect from the date of release, while the implementation of agent location and agent exclusivity shall be in effect from April 1, 2026.
“POS agents are restricted to a maximum of N1.2 million per day. Individual customers are limited to N100,000 in daily transactions.
“These limits are intended to curb misuse, enhance financial integrity, and protect consumers within the agent banking framework,” it stated.
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Naira Records First Appreciation Against US Dollar At Official Market

The Naira recorded appreciation on Wednesday against the United States dollar at the official market, the first time in three days this week.
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange rate data showed that the Naira strengthened to N 1,470.62 per dollar on Wednesday, up from N1,471.09 traded on Tuesday.
This means that the country’s currency firmed up slightly by N0.47 against the dollar on a day-to-day basis.
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Monday and Tuesday, the Naira recorded negative sentiment at the official foreign exchange market.
However, at the black market, the Naira remained unchanged at N1,500 per dollar on Wednesday, the same rate exchanged on Tuesday.
The apex bank data indicated that the country’s external reserves, a determinant of the exchange rates, stood at $42.57 billion as of October 7, 2025.
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