Ginger farmers partner FG, NAFOS on storage facilities

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

National Ginger Association of Nigeria (NGAN), has promised to partner with the Federal Government and NAFOS Agro Industries on the establishment of a ginger packaging house.
The partnership aimed at providing Ginger storage facilities and the use of Agro-Tech solutions as a component in farm management services.
The president of NGAN, Squadron Leader Nuhu Daudu (retired) disclosed this during an interactive session with the media in Kaduna yesterday.
Daudu explained that the partnership also aimed at strengthening food security and community engagement across the agricultural value chain.
Reading from the prepared speech of the NAFOS’s CEO, Dr Nicholas Igwe, the president of NGAN noted that there is a sceptre haunting the Nigerian Ginger value chain, which according to him is the sceptre of the Fungi attack.
Squadron Leader Daudu however, averred that the Fungi have greatly affected the primary production of Ginger across the Southern Kaduna region and other neighbouring states in the just concluded farming year.
He said further that to tackle the menace, NAFOS in partnership with the Presidency through the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on ‘Community Engagement’, Northwest is determined to ensure that activities across the various streams within the Agricultural Value Chain are standardised.