Executive Secretary of the Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN), Alhaji Ahmed Kwa has assured Nigeria will begin to export fertiliser in the next few years going by the tempo of the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) programme.
He declared the PFI program is one of the best things that happened to Nigeria over the last two years.
He said its activities have brought dramatic changes in agriculture and particularly the fertiliser industry in the country.
In a statement in Kaduna, Kwa said successful implementation of the PFI had made fertiliser available to farmers at affordable price.
Disclosing FEPSAN has registered over 200 fertilizer distributors across the country, he lamented the spread is not uniform giving the figures as North West (106); North Central (51); North East (14); South East (19); South West (9) and South South (3).
He expressed dismay the laudable initiative is not embraced by some agro-entrepreneurs especially those from the Southern zones.
Kwa called on agro-entrepreneurs in the South-South, South-West, South-East and North-Central to register as fertilizer distributors so that farmers from their regions can also benefit from the project.