The AfCFTA Nigeria office and the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, both agencies of the Federal Government, warned that the seeming absence of quarantine checks at some points of entry into the country would lead to the infiltration of unwholesome products. On whether quarantine checks were not at all Nigerian borders, Isegbe said, “We’ve been delineated from some locations at the airports and seaports and we can’t operate. Every African country has landmass and the development of the economy of African countries always focuses on agriculture. Isegbe added, “The quarantine service is strategic and the quarantine service of every nation plays a statutory role in the survival of their economy. “And the people who will check that are those in the quarantine service.

Source: Punch January 04, 2022 19:34 UTC