By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto
SOKOTO: The National Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NOPPMAN) has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intervene in the continued restriction of Nigerian and Nigerien onion trucks from offloading their consignments at the Kotoku Market in Ghana.
The association warned that the restrictions were causing severe financial losses to onion exporters and transporters while exposing the perishable commodity to deterioration and waste.
In a statement issued by its National President, Alhaji Aliyu Isah Maitasamu, NOPPMAN said the situation had persisted despite interventions and resolutions reached by senior officials of the Nigerian and Ghanaian governments.
Maitasamu acknowledged efforts by the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, the Ghanaian Deputy Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, diplomats, government officials and other stakeholders to resolve the dispute.
