Abuja’s Centrality, Agro-allied potentials is Strategic to Boosting Nigeria’s Non-oil Revenue--Dantsoho
Abuja’s Centrality, Agro-allied potentials is Strategic to Boosting Nigeria’s Non-oil Revenue--Dantsoho The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho has said that the centrality of Abuja coupled with its rich agro-allied potentials is germane to strengthening NPA’s commitment to supporting the Federal Government’s efforts to continuously grow non-oil revenue by connecting local value producers in the non-oil value chain to identified international clusters of demand for their goods. According to him, the position of Abuja as the centre of the country is strategic to the NPA’s renewed trade facilitation focus that places a high premium on port-hinterland connectivity, which Abuja’s centrality accentuates, presents a seamless linkage with the comparative advantages inherent in all regions of the federation that can be harnessed to sustain growth in the volume and value of Nigeria’s exports. He said as Nigeria’s foremost trade facilitation...