Processing, packaging key to closing Nigeria’s N9trn food import gap

•As country spends N16trn on food imports in three yearsBy Providence AyanfeoluwaNigeria’s huge food import gap presents a major opportunity for the domestic food processing and packaging industry to deepen local production, create jobs and retain more value within the economy, the Chief Executive Officer of Beta Glass Plc, Alex Gendis, has said.Gendis cited United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, data showing that Nigeria imported approximately $6.6 billion worth of agricultu