{"id":292,"date":"2018-09-26T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T07:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezoneblog.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/26\/nigeria-formulates-policies-on-bee\/"},"modified":"2018-09-26T07:38:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T07:38:00","slug":"nigeria-formulates-policies-on-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/nigeria-formulates-policies-on-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria formulates policies on bee-keeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-A3tWQCYUXKE\/W6s2xg_XdJI\/AAAAAAAADnQ\/euDqGZo9EygKeyoamHyJ2H6WxmsVAT-RACLcBGAs\/s1600\/Bee-keeping.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1204\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/thefreezoneblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bee-keeping.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nNigeria is formulating new policies to drive developmental processes in the apiculture, especially in bee-keeping industry.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari disclosed in Abuja at the 6th APIEXPO Africa 2018 titled `Beekeeping Industry for Sustainable Development, Wealth Creation and Economic Diversification\u2019.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nThe President, who was represented by Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said the government was also building the capacities of bee-keepers and processors to develop the sector.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nHe said the exposition would help to broaden linkages with regional and international corporations, especially in cross-pollination of ideas and market linkages.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cLet me assure you that Nigeria will continue to support the development of apiculture industry at all levels, especially in the area of bee hives to ensure our bees are protected from harmful pesticides, diseases and pests.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cWe will also ensure timely formulation of required policies and enactment of necessary legislation,\u2019\u2019 Buhari said.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nChief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, urged bee-keepers and processors to ensure that only the finest standards were applied to the sector.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cWe want to support bee-keepers in our annual budget by providing processors with the necessary inputs in equipment and loans even lower than the one digit announced by the CBN.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cWe believe that we have to handwork people doing agriculture in Nigeria by supporting them with every facility possible.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cWith the new CBN one digit lending rate, we hope that more people will get involved in bee-farming,\u2019\u2019 Ogbeh said.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nIn a message to the expo, Ms Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary General, said that maintaining the bees would guarantee the achievement of some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nMohammed maintained that without bees, agricultural activities would be in jeopardy.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nMr Olusegun Awolowo, the Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, assured that by 2019, the country would join the league of African countries approved to export honey to the European Union.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nAwolowo was represented by Mr William Ezeagu, the Director, Product Development Department of the council.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nMr Harun Baiya, the Chairman, Apitrade Africa, said the exposition would offer an opportunity to the country to grow its apiculture industry.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nAccording to him, Nigeria is building a new history for itself with the hosting of the event.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nDr Dooshima Kwange, the Chairman of the ApiExpo Organising Committee, said the exposition was geared toward promoting both local and international trade in the apiculture industry.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nShe said the exposition was also in line with the government\u2019s quest to improve the livelihood of citizens, reduce rural urban drift and expose bee-keepers into modern methods of the business.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\nBee stakeholders from 35 countries across the globe were attending the expo scheduled to hold from September 25 to September 29.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria is formulating new policies to drive developmental processes in the apiculture, especially in bee-keeping industry. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed in Abuja at the 6th APIEXPO Africa 2018 titled `Beekeeping Industry for Sustainable Development, Wealth Creation and Economic Diversification\u2019. 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