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FAAN, committee to grow air cargo business in Nigeria

The Directorate of Cargo Development Services at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Olalekan Thomas said the purpose of its establishment is to grow air cargo in Nigeria and subsequently contribute its fair share to the economy and move Nigeria’s position as part of the leading exporting nations in Africa.

He stated this when the aviacargo committee stated this when its members paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) in Abuja

The coordinator of the Aviacargo roadmap committee, Mr Ikechi Uko told the NAQS team that the committee had developed an Export Aviacargo pathway that will form the template for future export through the Airports.


The new pathway according to Uko is a five-step process that starts from the farm which specifies among others that any produce meant for export has to come from a registered farm, adding that the farm had to be registered by NAQS or the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.

The second step, he said would be a registered known shipper who can aggregate and consolidate just as the third step is a regulated agent who is licensed to a third Country as a KC3.

The last stage before export, he reiterated was through a handling company that is also licensed to global standards very likely RA3 after which NAQS will vet the goods at the handling company along with NDLEA and Customs before the licensed airline.


With this pathway, produce can be traced and tracked, reducing rejects of Nigerian agro-produce abroad

Uko told the NAQS DG that there are identified gaps in the pathway that might be a problem which is in the area of logistics from the farm to the Airport.

Comptroller General of NAQS, Dr Vincent Isegbe thanked the team for coming to brief him on the progress made so far promising that the NAQS will be willing to partner with the team to initiate seamless handling of Exports.

It was agreed that FAAN, the Aviacargo roadmap committee and NAQS will do trial runs of exports from four airports using the developed template.


The trial runs will be done between October and November from a NAQS registered farm.

There will be another trial through Kano Airport in partnership with the state government while there will be another trial export through Enugu in partnership with the State Government and the last one will be through the Jos Airport also in partnership with the State Government.

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