The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, has said Nigeria can earn about $10bn annually from the exportation of shea butter, if the right investments are made to grow, harness and process it to international standard. He said shea butter exports could surpass oil in foreign exchange earning for Nigeria. […]
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Nigeria spends over $2bn annually on the importation of honey, the Federal Government has said. According to a report put together by officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigerian Export Promotion Council and apiculture (beekeeping) experts, Nigeria consumes about 400,000 tonnes of honey annually but produces less than 10 per cent […]
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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) have certified some products made by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises’ (MSMEs) suitable for export. The agencies gave the certification at an exhibition held for MSMEs that were shortlisted for the maiden National MSMEs Awards in Abuja last week. Chief Executive Officer, NEPC, […]
Read More The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has said that Nigeria is targeting $30 billion in foreign exchange earnings with the zero-oil scheme. The Chief Executive Officer, NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, stated this in Lagos during the second National Committee on Export Promotion meeting. Awolowo noted that the zero-oil plan was an export revolution that involved every […]
Read More The Nigerian Exports Promotion Council has announced plans to exhibit finished leather products made by those who have graduated from its leather training programme. The council made this announcement at the third graduation ceremony of the NEPC intensive leather-making course in Ibadan, Oyo State. Speaking with our correspondent on the sidelines of the event, the […]
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Federal Government says it is planning to grow Nigeria’s non- oil export revenue from ₦1.5 trillion to ₦5 trillion within 3 – 4 years. The Executive Director/CEO Nigerian Export Promotion council (NEPC), Mr. Segun Awolowo, who made this disclosure during a round table Export and Exhibition on Export Competency Development Programme recently in Abuja, said […]
Read More The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, has said that developing the Cross River State cocoa value chain for export will enhance economic growth. Awolowo spoke through the Deputy Director, National Export Office, NEPC, Mrs. Veronica Oriare, during the Cross River State Cocoa Stakeholders’ Forum and mini exhibition in Ikom […]
Read More Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo, has hinted Nigeria lost more than $100 billion of national export revenues between 2015 to 2017 due to the crash in oil prices. Awolowo who spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at a roundtable and exhibition on export competency development programme, said, “the recent recession was due […]
Read More The National Committee on Export Promotion, NCEP, says it is targeting 150 billion dollars revenue through Zero Oil Plan, ZOP, initiative. Mr Olusegun Awolowo, Executive Director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, and member of the committee disclosed this to newsmen at the end of the committee’s meeting in Abuja on Thursday. Awolowo said that […]
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The Nigeria’s Central Bank, CBN have urged Nigerians to key into the export initiatives being promoted by Fidelity Bank in conjunction with the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and Lagos Business School (LBS). According to its Deputy Director, Development Finance, Dr. Adebisi Adeleke, who gave the charge Wednesday in Lagos at a press briefing to […]
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Fidelity Bank Plc will be celebrating the first anniversary of its highly regarded Export Management Programme (EMP). Launched in 2016, the EMP is a sector focused capacity building programme run by Fidelity Bank in partnership with the Pan-Atlantic University and the Nigerian Export Promotions Council (NEPC), to deliver impactful, world-class export management education to aspiring […]
Read More The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said that only forex earnings made from export of non-oil products will spur Nigeria’s sustainable economic growth,. Its Chief Executive Officer Mr. Segun Awolowo made this known at the Quarterly Lecture organised by the former Director General of National Poverty Alleviation Programme (NAPEP), Dr Magnus Kpakol, in Abuja. […]
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