Nigerians Consumed Over N72.9 Billion Worth Of Milk In 2022 – NBS
Nigerians Consumed milk worth N72.9 billion in 2022 , according to data from the National bBureau of Statistics (NBS)
The bureau in a report titled: “foreign trade statistics”, notes that N27.6bn worth of milk was imported in the first quarter of 2022. N21.3bn in the second quarter and N23.9bn in the third quarter.
The data for the fourth quarter was not available as the product did not make it into the top five imported raw material products. Federal government had set 2023 as the year the importation of milk will end.
The Executive Director of Commercial Dairy Ranchers Association of Nigeria (CODARAN), Dianabasi Akpainyang, in a statement to mark the 2023 World Milk Day, stated that the sector was still facing a myriad of challenges.
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Akpainyang explained that Nigeria largely depended on imported milk, as the nation imported about 70 per cent of its milk needs.
He said, “The most crippling challenges in the dairy sector are found in the midstream sub-sector of the dairy value chain.”
He decried the low investment in the sector which he noted had affected milk collection, aggregation, storage and transportation.
He said, “Lack of organised milk collection schemes, high cost of milk collection and cold chain facilities, poor transportation infrastructure, unstable or non-existent electricity supply, pervasive insecurity and low access to finance are some of the challenges that affect smooth operations in the midstream aspect of the dairy sector.”
