Adulterate fertilizer, go to jail – FEPSAN warns

The Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has disclosed that a new fertilizer law has manifested in the country such that whoever adulterates fertilizer will go to jail if caught.

The Executive Secretary of FEPSAN, Mr. Gideon Negedu, made the disclosure at a 2-day stakeholders meeting and capacity building on fertilizer system application for 100 Agro dealers in Kaduna.

“There is a law now that criminalises adulteration; it is a crime to adulterate fertilizer which will fetch jail term.

“The fertilizer bill has in recent time addressed issues of adulteration, use of inappropriate machinery, tools and racketeering in which culprits are getting to know that they will face the wrath of the law if caught,” he said.

Mr. Negedu urged stakeholders in the fertilizer industry to make sure that the right quality of fertilizer gets to the end-users at the appropriate time.

He said, “It cannot be everybody selling fertilizer again. We want to ensure that our dealers know what they are selling and they can properly recommend the right fertilizer to farmers”.

On his part, the representative of Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Chijioke Ndem, said that the main aim of the fertilizer consortium is to contain the purchase of fake fertilizer.

“We are also trying to use some digital technology to promote what we are doing in the consortium. We are trying to use digital technology to help agro dealers track production distribution and usage of fertilizer,” he said.