Oyo launches export-ready food products, inaugurates new ANCE Board

By Adejayan Gbenga

The Oyo State Government has launched export-ready, value-added food products aimed at boosting agro-industrialization and expanding the state’s footprint in regional and continental trade.

Products unveiled by the Agricultural Exporting Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Society at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, include processed yam, cassava, and plantain flour, packaged for both export and local consumption.

The government also inaugurated a new Board of Directors for the Association of Nigeria Cooperative Exporters (ANCE) Limited as part of its ongoing cooperative reforms.

Speaking at the event, the Commissioner for Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives (MTIIC), Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, announced plans to establish a Directorate of Quality Control to ensure product standardization for export.

Adebisi, represented by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Mamud Okesade, emphasized the importance of reforming cooperative structures to align with current realities and investor expectations.

He urged the new board to embrace transparency and unity in order to unlock opportunities in the global export space.

The Commissioner assured the board of the government’s continued support in achieving their goals.

In his remarks, newly elected ANCE President, Chief Kola Olomoyoyo, pledged to build on his predecessor’s achievements, noting the cooperative’s stabilized cocoa and palm kernel export base, and recent diversification into livestock feed and bottled water production.