The President of the Association, Thomas Etuh, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that the nation could save up to N720 billion, 1.2 billion dollars in foreign exchange and thousands of jobs if it banned the importation of NPK fertilisers.
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FEPSAN President, Thomas Etuh, in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, said that that association was making a final push through an appeal to get the Fertiliser Bill passed by the National Assembly.
The President of Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria, Thomas Etuh, has narrated how he rebuffed an invitation by President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the advancement of fertiliser value chain in Nigeria.
Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria says 18 fertiliser blending plants across the country have been revived under the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative introduced by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Etuh, the immediate past board chairman of the bank, said in a post-retirement interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the growth was recorded under his watch, between 2014 and 2017.
Etuh, who is also the President of the Fertilisers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria, said that about 8.5 million bags of fertiliser had been produced under the government’s agricultural programme.
This was contained in a petition submitted by stakeholders in the agriculture sector to the Senate Committee on Agriculture