L-R:Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Red Star
Express Plc, Sola Obabori; Technical Adviser to the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Cynthia Umoru and Chief Executive
Officer (CEO), Thelma Farms, Babatunde Ogunyemi during the Red Star
Express Plc Strategic Management Retreat in Abeokuta over the weekend.
The Technical Adviser to the
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru has
disclosed that there is an enormous opportunity in the Agricultural sector for
major players in the logistic industry, especially in the transportation and
movement of farm produce right from harvest to the market.
She made this assertion at the Strategic
Management Retreat of Nigeria’s foremost indigenous logistics company, Red Star
Express Plc in Abeokuta over the weekend. The retreat, titled “living the big
dream”, had in attendance top management staff of the company.
In her presentation titled
“Agriculture as a catalyst for economic recovery”, she noted that the Ministry
is aware of the important role of the logistics industry to the Agricultural
sector and has opened up the landscape for major players to participate.
“Our role in this government is to
push for what government should be, to create an enabling environment for the
private sector to play a major role, to create access to land, maintain
fertility of the soil and make sure farm produce are easily accessible”, she
stated. “This can only be done by encouraging major logistics players like your
company to be involved".
Speaking earlier, Group Managing
Director of Red Star Express Plc, Sola Obabori stated that if both government
and the private sector can give half of the attention they give to the oil
sector, then there will be significant improvements in the economy and
stability in the fluctuating state of the naira can be achieved.
“Just like we treat our oil with
seriousness in Nigeria, we need to treat the agricultural sector that way. The
opportunity and potentials are really huge. We should be able to over produce
our Agricultural produce and still have ready market for them even outside the
shores of this country. And we have to be on hand to facilitate the export in
such a way that perishable goods can be in Europe within 14hours after harvest
while the non-perishables can get there within 3 to 4 days”, he said.
Red Star Express
Group is a premium logistics solution provider in Nigeria with an unrivalled
local network coverage and a large market share in the domestic and
international market. It enjoys a domestic strength of over 240 offices in
Nigeria, delivers to additional 1,800 communities, with over 2,400 highly
trained personnel and over 600 delivery vehicles in its fleet. The company has
four business units including The Red Star Express which is a
licensee of FedEx, the world’s largest express transportation company with
over 650 aircrafts and more than 250 delivery destinations globally. FedEx has
consistently been rated among the top 10 most admired companies in the world
over the past 10 years. Red Star Express has four subsidiaries– Red Star
Freight, Red Star Logistics and Red Star Support
Services.
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