Nigerians Ship Manufactured Goods To Ghana For Certification To Enhance Export Value

There are signs that Nigerian manufacturers are already transporting their products to Ghana to apply for certification so they can export to Europe, America, and Asia.

According to Vanguard, this development occurred as a result of the foreign markets’ discomfort with the certification of such commodities by Nigerian government institutions.

Some of the businessmen who spoke with Vanguard claimed that a lack of strong standards and certification had resulted in many nations rejecting Nigerian cargo.

Recall that the federal government empowers National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC to certify and control the quality of drugs and foods consumed in the country while the Standard Organisation of Nigeria is in charge of the responsibility of ensuring the quality of both imported and produced goods in the country.

Attesting to this in Lagos when the Maritime Association of Nigeria, MARAN, paid a courtesy call to the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT, Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, the Customs Area Controller, CAC, Timi Bomodi, said it is true that Nigerian made goods are now being shipped to Ghana to seek their certification to have easy export.

Bomodi noted that the development has driven up the volume of Ghana’s export in recent times.

He stated: “If you do not operate under a set of rules and you do not define standards, then you are going to be defined by standards.

“Go to Ghana, when you travel to America, go to the African shops; you would see that 90 per cent of the things you see in those shops come from Ghana. Do you know what Nigerians do? Some goods that are produced in Nigeria are taken to Ghana to get Ghana certification before being exported”.