NEPC plans making Nigerian non oil export products a global market place
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says it’s vision is to make the world a market place for Nigerian non-oil export products.
Mrs Esther Ikporah, South East Regional Coordinator of NEPC sard this on Wednesday in Enugu at a capacity building workshop for non-oil exporters in the South East region.
The theme of the training workshop is “unlocking the international market for export success.”
She said the NEPC recognized that a major challenge faced by potential and existing exporters was getting buyers for their goods and services.
Ikporah said the council was aware of the difficulty being faced by the exporters inspite of the quality of their products hence it was committed to assisting them in this regard.
She said: “The council is committed to assisting exporters access the international market.
“Indeed our vision is to make the world a market place for Nigerian non oil export products.”
According to her, to demonstrate this determination, NEPC had created a department for this purpose and named it “market access department, ” at it’s headquarter in Abuja.
Ikporah said that as part of it’s mandate NEPC the strived to match Nigerian exporters with potential foreign buyers by facilitating the participation of Nigerian exporters in international trade fairs.
Other ways include: “Putting in place quality parameters and certifications needed for successful export of goods; receiving and responding to trade enquires and setting up business enquires.”
The regional coordinator added that the council also organised capacity building/training workshops, seminars, sensitusation programmes and so on, on market access for non-oil exporter products.
Mr Anthony Odukwe, an international export consultant while delivering lecture said non oil exporters needed to have vast knowledge of the international market procedures.
According to him, it was only with proper knowledge of basic rudiments of how to export their products that exporters can be ready to export.
