Nigeria, Feb. 8 -- The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned against compulsory domestic processing of primary commodities without adequate local capacity.

The body warned that poorly sequenced value-addition policies could distort markets, hurt rural producers, and undermine Nigeria's recent gains in non-oil exports.

The warning was issued in a policy brief released on Sunday and signed by CPPE's Chief Executive Officer, Muda Yusuf, following the growing government advocacy for mandatory domestic value addition as part of Nigeria's industrialisation and export strategy.

In November 2025, FG announced a plan to mandate a 30 per cent value addition on all raw materials before export.

According to the polic...