Norway Ambassador to Nigeria on Friday, blamed the rising cost of stockfish in Nigeria on the inclusion of stockfish on forex banned list. Lein told NAN on the sideline of a two-day seafood seminar in Port Harcourt that the ban had resulted to inflated cost of stockfish in Nigeria. “Norway is not competing with Nigeria in stockfish production and we have raised two points to this argument with Nigerian government officials. “One is that Norway understands that Nigeria needs to grow its own fish industry, to which Norway stands ready to assist Nigeria realise. “So, we are waiting on the Nigerian authorities to demand our assistance as well as remove barriers on the stockfish trade in the country.

Source: Punch September 23, 2021 21:11 UTC