Economic policies turn warehouses into graveyards of expired inventory bankrupting FMCG traders

    Dr. Vincent Nwanma | Opinion | Aug 08, 2025    
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Nigeria's fast-moving consumer goods sector has become a monument to policy failure — where warehouses transform into morgues for dying inventory and traders auction their livelihoods against the ticking clock of expiration dates. 

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