Post by Trade facilitator on Apr 16, 2013 11:10:34 GMT 1
The newly-inaugurated board of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has been charged to upgrade the non-oil export sector to become a significant contributor to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The Board Chairman, Mrs Grace Clark, gave the charge while declaring open a four-day retreat in Uyo last Monday.
“This effort will help make the country less dependent on oil export,’’ she said.
Clark said the board’s vision is to cut down on the country’s oil export dependence.
“This will be by making sure that there is diversification in the economy where non-oil resources are able to contribute to the Nigerian economy,’’ the board chairman said.
She said the new NEPC management would play a vital role in the creation of awareness, as well as the development and promotion of the non-oil export sector of Nigerian economy.
“The council will be repositioned to be at the top tier of President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda.
“We are trying to break the dependence on oil. Everybody is talking about oil, and if you follow the research that has been going on worldwide, very soon the oil product will fall.
“If it falls, what do we fall back to? It has to be that we will fall back to non-oil products, and that is what we are trying to empower ourselves to make sure that our non-oil exporters are well known all over the world,’’ Clark said.
However, the board chairman appealed for adequate funding for the council to ensure an actualisation of her dream, saying the only problem confronting the organisation was the issue of funding.
“It has restrained us. We want to be part of the President’s transformation agenda and you can’t do it with words. We have a lot of things we have to promote and we have to promote them with funds.
Source: www.thetidenewsonline.com/2013/04/15/board-tasks-council-on-non-oil-export-sector/
The Board Chairman, Mrs Grace Clark, gave the charge while declaring open a four-day retreat in Uyo last Monday.
“This effort will help make the country less dependent on oil export,’’ she said.
Clark said the board’s vision is to cut down on the country’s oil export dependence.
“This will be by making sure that there is diversification in the economy where non-oil resources are able to contribute to the Nigerian economy,’’ the board chairman said.
She said the new NEPC management would play a vital role in the creation of awareness, as well as the development and promotion of the non-oil export sector of Nigerian economy.
“The council will be repositioned to be at the top tier of President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda.
“We are trying to break the dependence on oil. Everybody is talking about oil, and if you follow the research that has been going on worldwide, very soon the oil product will fall.
“If it falls, what do we fall back to? It has to be that we will fall back to non-oil products, and that is what we are trying to empower ourselves to make sure that our non-oil exporters are well known all over the world,’’ Clark said.
However, the board chairman appealed for adequate funding for the council to ensure an actualisation of her dream, saying the only problem confronting the organisation was the issue of funding.
“It has restrained us. We want to be part of the President’s transformation agenda and you can’t do it with words. We have a lot of things we have to promote and we have to promote them with funds.
Source: www.thetidenewsonline.com/2013/04/15/board-tasks-council-on-non-oil-export-sector/
