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stakeholders’ meeting and stated that it is not only critical but important in the desire & determination to harvest the views of the relevant stakeholders in policy decisions and also issue instruments to the operators to allow them to operate fertilizer business in Nigeria.4/4

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The Farm Input Support Services Department of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has commenced the issuance of certificates of registration and sales permits to fertilizer operators that have gone through the rigorous assessment and certification process1/4

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at Debbie’s Upper-class Events and Recreation Centre, Orozo, Nasarawa State on 30th August – 1st September, 2022.The Permanent Secretary Mr. Ernest Umakhihe represented by the Director of Special Duties, Mrs. Fausat Lawal emphasized the need for these twin functions of the 3/4

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market Sabongari &Saleh Abubakar at Gida Dago Yan Kura market, S/Gari for illegally possessing eight hundred bags of DAP being part of the raw materials distributed to blenders under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) that are not meant to be sold) in the open markets.

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The Director of the Farm Input Support Services (FISS) Department, Mr. Kwaido, M. S. and his team have Sealed off some fertilizer companies and shops in major fertilizer markets in Kano State for involving in sharp practices in various areas such as non-registration,

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These facilities were sealed off for adulterating and re-bagging of fertilizers as well as non-registration of their companies.
On the second day of the market raids, Stop Sale Order was placed on Messrs. Danjaji Fertilizer at Singa market, Khalid Mohammed at Gida Dago Yan Kura

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and produce in international markets as a result of poor adherence to standards & maintenance of required quality. He stated that some of these unlawful practices had rendered “our food unsafe & causing a variety of health hazards & economic losses to our people and country. 5/5

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The Farm Input Support Services Department (FISSD) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development conducted a sensitization program to create awareness on the role of government in the regulation of the agro-chemicals sector including the registration of industry 1/5

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said that the new bill was set to regulate the manufacturing, importation, distribution, sales, and improve the quality of plant pesticides and other agricultural inputs in the country. He said that the initiative was to combat the rejection of Nigeria’s agricultural products 4/5

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a legal framework to curtail the influx and marketing such banned products.5/5

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A stakeholders’ workshop on agrochemicals (plants pesticides) importation, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and handling in Nigeria and the way forward was organized by the Farm Inputs Support Services Department of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Dev 1/5

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In his remarks, he highlighted the adverse effects of some agrochemicals products being banned from use in other parts of the world, particularly in the European Union that have been transported or found their way into the Nigeria market which is due to the absence of 4/5