The call followed a motion by Hon. Iboro Ekanem at the plenary on Thursday on the need to regularise the importation of sugar, while boosting domestic production and economic growth.
Browsing: National Sugar Development Council
Dr Latif Busari, the Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday that the plan was also to significantly reduce sugar import dependency.
The low tariff enjoyed by the importers, according to the lawmakers, runs into hundreds of billions of naira