BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE
The country lacks the credited infrastructures vital for the trade of produces and food items.
Ricky Fuo’o, member of Parliament for Central Kwara’ ae spoke on this in parliament last week.
He said the country at the moment is not able to trade for food potential because we lack credited infrastructures to meet some trading requirements.
Fuo’o told parliament that a lot of our produces cannot be traded because we don’t have the facilities to process them.
He said if we are serious about trade then our government should start putting money into it, so that we can trade not only with China but with the rest of the world.
“We have been talking about trade for so long however we have not invested in the right infrastructures for trade.”
Fuo’o said trade is essential for fostering economic growth.
Meanwhile, he also acknowledged the previous and current governments for facilitating and signing the non-reciprocal trade agreement with China.
Fuo’o said China has some of the lowest trade requirements and this is an opportunity we should act on quickly.
“I wish to urge the government to build processing plants to enable us to meet certain standards.”
