Engr. Jani Ibrahim
The Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) welcomes the recent announcement by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) on the ban on the exportation of raw shea nuts.
The decision represents a major step toward enhancing value addition in the country’s agro-industrial sector, promoting local processing, and creating sustainable employment opportunities.
Speaking on behalf of NACCIMA, Engr. Jani Ibrahim, mni, OON, National President, commended the FGN for taking a bold policy stance aligned with Nigeria’s broader economic diversification and industrialization objectives.
“This ban is a clear signal that Nigeria is committed to building domestic processing capacity, generating higher revenue from value-added products, and enhancing the global competitiveness of our shea-based industries,” he said.
NACCIMA emphasizes that the success of this policy depends on strategic support for local processors and farmers. The Association encourages the FGN, through the Bank of Industry (BOI), to provide funding, concessional loans, and technical assistance to strengthen the shea value chain, expand processing capacity, and incentivize farmers.
This approach aligns with Naccima’s program of one billion economic trees planting campaign and ongoing advocacy to plant 50 million Shea trees, which will increase shea nut production, ensure sustainable supply, and position Nigeria as a global leader in the shea industry for the foreseeable future.
States in the Shea belt are hereby encouraged to key into the tree planting campaign.
The Association further notes that with coordinated public-private sector collaboration, Nigeria can not only meet domestic demand for processed shea products but also increase export revenues from finished goods, stimulate rural economies, and create thousands of jobs in agro-processing, logistics, and trade.
NACCIMA pledges to continue supporting its private sector members in scaling up local shea nut processing, promoting entrepreneurship, and ensuring that the sector contributes significantly to national wealth creation.
This is in our quest to achieve the $1 Trillion economy by 2030.
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