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NIGERIAN EXPORT

PROMOTION COUNCIL

ACTIVITIES /PROJECTS

FOR

2013

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NIGERIAN EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) was established through

the promulgation of the “Nigerian Export Promotion Council Decree No.

26 of 1976”. This Act was amended by Decree No. 72 of 1979 and

further amended by the Nigerian Export Promotion Decree No. 41 of

1988 and complemented by the Export (Incentives and Miscellaneous

Provisions) Decree No. 18 of 1986. Furthermore, the Nigerian Export

Promotion Council (Amendment) Decree No. 64 and 65 of 1992 was

promulgated to enhance the performance of the Council.

The Council is the leading Federal Government Agency charged with the

responsibility of promoting non-oil export in Nigeria.

1.1 VISION

Make the non-oil exports significant contributor to Nigeria’s GDP

1.2 MISSION

Facilitate Non –oil exports to promote sustainable economic development.

1.3 STRATEGIC GOAL

• To diversify Nigeria’s economy from oil to non-oil export.

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1.4NEPC CORE VALUES

(i) Professionalism

(ii) Service Delivery

(iii) Integrity

(iv) Team work

1.5 FUNCTIONS OF NEPC:

The mission of the NEPC is clearly stated by the following

overriding objectives, namely:

Objectives:

• To promote the development and diversification of Nigeria’s export

trade.

• To assist in promoting the development of export related industries

in Nigeria.

• To spearhead the creation of appropriate export incentives and

• To actively articulate and to promote the implementation of export

policies and programmes of the Nigerian Government.

Other functions include:

• To co-ordinate and monitor export promotion activities in Nigeria.

• To collect and disseminate of information on products available for

export.

• To collect and disseminate to local manufacturers and exporters

information on foreign markets.

• To Provide technical assistance to local exporters in such areas as export procedures and documentation, transportation, financing,

marketing techniques, quality control, export packaging, costing and pricing, publicity and in other similar areas.

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• To maintain adequate and effective representation in other

countries.

• To provide, directly or jointly, with training institutions, training for

its staff and assist with the manpower development of the export community in Nigeria.

• To organize and plan the participation of Nigeria in trade fairs and

exhibitions.

• To administer grants and other benefits related to export promotion

and development.

• To undertake studies of the current economic conditions, with

special attention to the export sector with the aim of advising government on necessary policies and measures.

• To co-operate with other institutions on matters relating to export

financing, export incentives and specialized services to exporters.

• To establish specific trade promotion facilities in Nigeria and in

other countries including the establishment of permanent showrooms at important commercial centers in other countries.

• To engage in export promotion publicity

• To pursue the simplification and streamline of export procedures

and documentation on continuous basis.

• To assist in finding appropriate solutions to practical problems

encountered by exporters in the process of exportation.

• To plan and organize outward trade missions and provide support

from Nigeria.

• To provide support services to inward trade missions from other

countries.

• To perform such other functions as maybe conducive to the

achievement of the objective of the Export Decrees.

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1.6 STRUCTURE OF THE COUNCIL

The Council is made up of five Departments, three Directorates and the

Office of the Executive Director at the Headquarters and fifteen zonal

Offices located at Lagos, Akure, Kano, Gusau, Minna, Yola, Maiduguri,

Benin, Enugu, Aba, Owerri, Port-Harcourt, Jos, Uyo and Makurdi.

The Council is headed by an Executive Director/CEO while the

Departments and Directorates are each headed by a Director. The Zonal

Offices are variously headed by Deputy Directors and Assistant

Directors.

(a) The Office of the Executive Director/CEO consists of three (3) units

namely:

i. Legal Services Unit

ii. Internal Audit Unit

iii. Public Relations Unit

(b) The Departments/Directorates are as follows:

(i) Product Development Department:

(ii) Market Development Department:

(iii) Trade Information Services Department:

(iv) Administration and Human Resources Department:

(v) Finance and Supplies Department:

(vi) Directorate of Bilateral and Multilateral Relations:

(vii) Directorate of Special Services:

(viii) Directorate of Export Incentives:

(c) The NEPC Zonal Offices are as follows:

(i) Lagos Zonal Office

(ii) Kano Zonal Office

(iii) Port-Harcourt Zonal Office

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(iv) Jos Zonal Office

(v) Akure Zonal Office

(vi) Minna Zonal Office

(vii) Maiduguri Zonal Office

(viii) Benin Zonal Office

(ix) Makurdi Zonal Office

(x) Yola Zonal Office

(xi) Gusau Zonal Office

(xii) Enugu Zonal Office

(xiii) Aba Zonal Office

(xiv) Owerri Zonal Office

(xv) Uyo Zonal Office

(d) NEPC Desk Offices include:

(i) Trade Centre, Taipei (Taiwan)

(ii) Trade Centre in China

(iii) One-Stop Investment Centre(OSIC), NIPC Abuja which

serves as an Investment Facilitation Centre.

1.7 Administrative Structure:

The administration of the Council was structured in the following regard:

(a) The Board- Consisted of the Chairman and ten other

members

(b) NEPC Management-Consisted of the Executive Director/CEO

and eight (8) Directors as Head of Departments/Directorates

(C) Zonal Controllers were the administrative head of zonal

offices

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1.8 Brief description of NEPC Departments/Zonal Offices:

(i) Product Development Department: Products and services

identification, development and adaptation, packaging, etc,

for export.

(ii) Market Development Department: Market development

through research, contact promotion programmes, trade

missions, other market entry support services, new exporter

development programme, etc.

(iii) Trade Information Services Department:Responsible for

collection, collation and dissemination of trade information,

trade facilitation, registration of exporters, formalization of

informal export trade, etc.

(iv) Administration and Human Resources Department: Staff

development, Personnel matters and Capital projects.

(v) Finance and Supplies Department: Financial matters,

budget, personnel emoluments and general supplies.

(vi) Directorate of Bilateral and Multilateral Relations: Inter-

agency co-ordination, Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation,

advocacy and trade policy matters.

(vii) Directorate of Special Services: Common Facility Centers,

African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Joint

Commission, Zonal Office Coordination, Overseas Commercial

Desks and implementation of the National Export Strategy.

(viii) Directorate of Export Incentives: Administration of Export

Incentives.

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ZONAL OFFICES:

Zonal offices serve as the grassroot contact outfits of NEPC that

interface with exporters/business communities at the grassroot

level i.e. State and Local Government levels. The activities of zonal

offices are coordinated by the Special Services Directorate in the

Headquarters, Abuja

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 SUMMARY OF MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COUNCIL IN

2013

In spite of economic and security challenges faced by the Country

in 2013, the Council was able to achieve the following results in

carrying out its major activities:

2.1 STDF PROJECT ON SESAME SEED AND SHEA BUTTER:

The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Project 172 is

co-funded by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and NEPC with equity

contribution share of 65% and 35% respectively. The objective of the

project is to expand Nigeria’s food export of Sesame Seed and Sheabutter

through improved sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) capacity building and

quality control. The project is situated in eight (8) locations in the country;

hence,

eight (8) States are benefitting from the STDF Project 172 with installed,

established and commissioned processing centres as follows:

(a) Sesame Seed processing centres have been established in Benue,

Taraba, Kogi and Borno States.

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(b) Sheabutter processing centres have been established in Oyo, Kebbi,

Kwara and Niger States.

The project is run under Public Private Partnership as Private

Investors have been selected and MOU signed to run the 8 listed

centres. The output of this project in terms of job creation is as

follows:

� 15 Direct Labour works per each centre = 120

� 200 Farmers/Suppliers would provide raw materials to the

centre

� 1,000 co-operative members are involved in providing raw

materials to the centres.

In addition to job creation, wealth creation is evident as many

farmers would benefit.

2.2 UDENU WOMEN CASHEW PROCESSING CENTRE:

The Udenu Women Cashew Processing Centre in Enugu State was a

collaborative efforts of NEPC, the World Bank Assisted Commercial

Agriculture Development Programme (CADP) and the Udenu LGA of Enugu

State. The NEPC provided the processing equipment while the Local

Government Area provided the structure for the machines. The CADP

provided logistics and moral support including research effort. The output

achievement of this project was that over one hundred (100) women have

been trained on modern method of cashew processing while over one

thousand (1,000) farmers have been empowered through the supply of raw

cashew nuts. The benefit of the project to the people is the creation of

economic activities within and around the environment including

neighbouring States of Benue and Kogi.

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2.3 ESTABLISHMENT OF NON-OIL EXPORT PRODUCT WAREHOUSES IN

MARADI/BIRNI-KONNI IN NIGER REPUBLIC AND COLLECTION CENTRES IN

ILLELA/JIBIA IN NIGERIA:

NEPC in its collaborative effort with FMITI through the Nigeria-Niger Joint

Commission for co-operation has discussed at various levels and concluded

arrangement to establish non-oil export product warehouses in

Maradi/Birni-Konni in Niger Republic and collection centres in Illela/Jibia

(Sokoto/Katsina States) in Nigeria to boost trans-border trading activities in

the two (2) countries. This project is intended to stimulate non-oil exports

to Niger Republic, enhance trade statistical data, improve revenue

generation and job creation for unemployed youth and women.

2.4 EMERGING INTERNATIONAL MARKETS:

Eleven (11) new export products have been identified for export in 2013

in addition to the previous one hundred and seventeen (117) products

thereby bringing the total number of Nigerian exportable products to one

hundred and twenty eight (128). The eleven exportable products are being

exported to Eleven (11) new markets as stated below:

S/NO PRODUCT DESTINATION

1. Soya meal Cameroun/Ghana/Liberia

2. Vegetable Tanning Extract France

3. Brown Beans Netherlands

4. Billboards Guinea

5. Slug Catcher South Korea

6. Carbon Dioxide Gas Benin

7. Aluminiumsulphate Ghana

8. Palm Juice United Kingdom

9. Barite Benin

10. Heineken Beer DR Congo

11. Strawberry Filling Greece

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2.5 ON-LINE REGISTRATION OF EXPORTERS:

The NEPC launched on-line registration of exporters in April, 2013 in

collaboration with Businessindex Nigeria Limited with the aim of

reducing cost of doing business in Nigeria. The objective of this project

is to streamline the cumbersome process of export registration. The

goal is to expand export business to earn more foreign exchange

thereby creating jobs to the people. A total number of 1,709 exporters

were registered out of which 1,400 were trained to acquire export

knowledge and skills such as packaging, costing and pricing, export

documentation and procedures, etc.

2.6 ESTABLISHMENT OF YAM COMMON FACILITY CENTRE, ZAKI-BIAM (BENUE

STATE)

The NEPC established Yam Common Facility Centre otherwise known as

Yam Conditioning Centre in Zaki-Biam, Benue State has provided an enabler

for formers of yam in Benue State through to store their farm produce in air

conditioned atmosphere in readiness for export. The conditioning centre

tagged “Yam Export Centre” handles procurement, sorting, grading,

cleaning, packaging and general logistics for yam export.

The first export of nine thousand (9,000) tubers of yam (20 metric tonnes)

to UK in the 1st

quarter of this year by XEGZS Limited was a success as none

of the produce was rejected. Also, the same company has signed an MOU

with ASHER Farm Foods in London for continuous export business to UK.

2.7 COMPLETION OF NEPC HEADQUARTERS OFFICE BUILDING COMPLEX:

In its resolve to stop continuous payment of exorbitant rent in a rented

apartment, NEPC mobilized resources to complete the construction of its

Headquarters Office Building Complex at 70% level. NEPC relocated from

its former rented apartment at Blantyre Street, Wuse II and occupied the

new office building complex though construction work is still ongoing. The

present status of its completion level today is at 85%.

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2.8 2013 KPI ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT:

(a) Number of identified emerging International Market for selected

products:

� Sudan - Manufactured products

� Ghana - Manufactured products

� Vietnam - Agricultural commodities and leather

� United Arab Emirates - Agricultural commodities and leather

� Togo - Manufactured products

� Japan - Agricultural commodities, solid minerals, leather

(b) No. of exporters trained on Packaging and Labelling:

50 Potential and performing exporters, farmers, processors were attended

to and advised on appropriate packaging and labelling standards to ensure

that they overcome technical barrier to trade.

(c) Export Clinic:

This is aimed at building the capacity of newly registered exporters on

doing export business and enlightening them on the activities of NEPC. A

total number of eight hundred (800) exporters have been trained under this

programme.

(d) No. of exporters trained on Skills Acquisition:

� A total number of 640 melon farmers, processors and exporters were

trained on the elimination of Aflatoxin in melon other oilseeds for export in

Niger (Minna), Nasarawa (Lafia) and Benue (Makurdi).

� Production of 1,000 copies of fliers Titled “What to know about Aflatoxin

and Good Agricultural Practice” on melon production which were

distributed to the participants. A Diagrammatic sequence of GAP on melon

was produced.

� A total number of 100 women cashew processors were trained in Enugu

State.

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� 100 potential and about 20 performing exporters were offered advisory

services on product development for export to improve their skills.

� Production of 2000 copies of directory of manufacturing and exporting

companies of Pharmaceutical and Allied Products in Nigeria were

distributed to the exporting community.

(e) No. of farmers trained on demonstration farms:

780 sesame seed farmers were trained on new technique on

demonstration farms in 15 Local Government Areas in 5 states namely:

Niger, Kebbi, Kaduna, Katsina and Nasarawa. In addition to 15 Local

government Areas in 5 States that benefitted in 2011. The report from the

2011 was that there was an increased in yield per acre from 500 bags to

800 bags adopting the new technique which gave an increase of 300 bags.

600 Sheanut/butter processors were trained on demonstration centers in 3

shea producing States namely: Kebbi, Oyo and Kwara.

600 smoked fish exports/prospective exporters/fish farmers and processors

were trained in demonstration sites in 4 locations namely: Mararaba in

Nasarawa State, Makurdi in Benue State, Ibadan in Oyo State and Ijebu-

Ode in Ogun State.

Train the trainers’ workshop for cocoa farmers on Integrated Pest

Management (IPM), Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good

Warehousing Practices (GWP) at 3 locations in (Ilesha) Osun State, (Uhen)

Edo State and (Ikom) Cross River State and over 300 farmers were trained.

2.9 STAFF TRAINING DEVELOPMENT:

(a) Trade Promotion Officers (TPO) Training:

This is aimed at building the capacity of staff Trade Promotion Officers) for

effective handling of export promotion activities. A total number of one

hundred and five (105) TPOs have been trained to professionalize export

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promotion with the aim of making NEPC a world class export promotion

agency.

(b) A total number of 150 staff have received training in various export and

administrative fields to prepare them for effective service delivery.

2.10 OVERSEAS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS ATTENDED:

� 30th

International Fair of Khartoum, Sudan, 14th

-21st

January, 2013

� 17th

Ghana International Trade Fair, Accra, 28th

Feb. – 11th

March, 2013

� 23rd

Vietnam International Trade Fair, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10th

– 13th

April,

2013;

� 3rd

Annual Investment Meeting, Dubai, UAE, 30th

April – 2nd

May, 2013

� 5th

Tokyo International Conference on African Development and African

Fair, 30th

May – 3rd

June, 2013;

� 37th

Daresalam International Trade Fair, Tanzania, 28th

June – 8th

July, 2013;

� 7th

ECOWAS International Trade Fair, Accra, Ghana, 31st

October – 11th

November, 2013;

CHAPTER THREE:

3.0 NON-OIL EXPORT PERFORMANCE:

(i) Non-Oil Export Value (2009-2013):

S/NO YEAR VALUE (US$m) % INCREASE OVER THE

PREVIOUS YEAR

1. 2009 1,707.325 -

2. 2010 2,320.954 35.94

3. 2011 2,765.290 19.14

4. 2012 2,561.244 -7.38

5. 2013 2,970.107 15.96

Source: Cobalt Int’L Services Limited

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3.1 SUMMARY OF NIGERIA’S NON-OIL EXPORT, 2013

� Nigeria’s Non-oil export for the Year 2013 stood at US$ 2.970 billion. This

figure gave an increase of 15.97% when compared to US$ 2.561 billion

recorded for the Year 2012.

Table 1: EXPORT VALUES FOR 2011 to 2013 (US$ billion)

YEAR VOLUME (M.T.) EXPORT VALUE PERCENTAGE GROWTH

2011 US$ 2,765,290,413 -

2012 US$ 2,561,243,645 -7.38

2013 US$ 2,970,107,354 15.97 � Source: Compiled from Cobalt returns to NEPC

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� Figure 1: Non-Oil Export Value, 2011 TO 2013

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� The rise can be attributed to NEPC’s aggressive promotion campaigns and

other strategies put in place for non-oil export activities.

2011

(US$

2,765.290m)

2012

(US$

2,561.243m)

2013

(US$

2,970.107m)

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� Source: Research and Statistics Unit, NEPC.

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� Figure 3: Monthly Non-oil Export (Value), 2013.

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3.2 TABLE 2: TOP-TEN EXPORTED PRODUCTS, 2013

S/N EXPORTED PRODUCT VALUE (US$) % OF

TOTAL

VALUE

2013

Increase

over 2012

1 Cocoa & Cocoa Preparations 758,640,304 21.74 36%

2 Leather 549,792,916 20.20 6%

3 Sesame Seeds 344,188,493 9.93 35%

4 Aluminum& Articles 144,648,620 33%

5 Rubber 140,461,254 8.18 -33%

6 Tobacco Products 104,167,051 33%

7 Cotton & Textiles 82,220,430 4.75 -32%

8 Copper 73,402,394 4.24 244%

9 Cashew Nuts & Edible Fruits 70,239,325 3.06 25%

10 Frozen Sea Foods 61,687,572 2.44 17%

11 Others 640,685,995 21.21 10%

TOTAL 2,970,107,354 100.00 16% � Source: Compiled from Cobalt returns to NEPC.

3.3 EMERGENCE OF NEW PRODUCTS ON EXPORT SCENE:

The Council in its effort at promoting non-traditional products yielded some

positive developments as some of them were exported in year 2013. These are

shown below:

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NEW PRODUCTS ON EXPORT SCENE, 2013

S/N PRODUCT DESTINATION

1 Soya Meal Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia

2 Brown Beans Netherlands

3 Billboards Guinea

4 Slug Catcher South Korea

5 Carbon Dioxide Gas Benin Republic

6 Palm Juice United Kingdom

7 Strawberry Filling Greece

8 AluminiumSulphate Ghana

9 Vegetable Tanning Extract France

10 Barite Benin

11 Heineken Beer DR Congo � Source: Compiled from Cobalt returns to NEPC.

3.4 DESTINATION OF NON-OIL EXPORT:

VALUE OF NON-OIL EXPORT TO TOP 10 DESTINATIONS, 2013

S/N Destination US$ % of Total % change over

2012

1 Netherlands 583,334,478 14.65 72

2 Italy 375,103,936 13.24 -0

3 Japana 185,926,873 5.91 37

4 Ghana 176,749,931 5.58 27

5 India 154,294,661 5.29 2

6 Spain 120,466,747 4.56 4

7 Turkey 118,848,363 4.53 33

8 Germany 105,844,242 3.88 7

9 China (HK) 94,517,331 3.50 9

10 Vietnam 87,693,893 3.39 33

11 Others 967,326,899 35.48 44

Total 2,970,107,354 100.00 16 � Source: Compiled from Cobalt returns to NEPC, 2013.

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3.5 VALUE OF NON-OIL EXPORT TO ECOWAS.

S/N COUNTRY 2013 2012 2013

US$ million % change

over 2012

1 Ghana 176.750 143.017 24

2 Niger Republic 59.789 56.623 6

3 Cote d’Ivoire 41.701 33.874 23

4 Togo 39.119 40.579 -4

5 Benin Republic 25.336 20.393 25

6 Burkina Faso 14.264 3.631 293

7 Guinea 6.547 2.922 124

8 Mali 5.170 5.360 -4

9 Liberia 2.617 2.078 26

10 Senegal 2.292 1.447 58

11 Sierra Leone 1.381 1.569 -12

12 Gambia 0.374 1.053 -64

13 Cape Verde nil 0.024 -100

Total 375.340 312.478- 20

Total 276.527 312.478 13 � Source: Compiled from Cobalt returns to NEPC, 2013.

CHAPTER FOUR:

4.0POLICIES, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES:

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council in its policies and programmes aimed at

diversifying the economy from oil to non-oil export has developed two key

documents in line with the Federal Government Transformation Agenda.

4.1 NATIONAL EXPORT STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN:

The National Export Strategy (NES) was formulated under a Commonwealth

Secretariat Technical Cooperation Project during 2003-2005. It was approved by

the Federal Executive Council in 2005 and has since been adopted as the official

policy document of the Federal Government on non-oil exports.

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Recognizing that the most difficult challenge and threat facing the Federal

Government is unemployment, especially youth unemployment, the

management of NEPC, supported by the Organized Private Sector (OPS), has

taken a bold decision to re-invigorate the implementation of the NES in view of

the huge potential and economic opportunities of the non-oil sector and the

ability of export to create jobs.

Project ideas have been identified from the NES in the form of project profiles.

Each profile is designed to describe the essential features of a project. Thus, the

profiles are meant to contain the minimum information that a government or a

financing Development Partner needs to make an assessment and express

interest in financing the project. Upon receiving a Donor’s express financial

interest in a project, the Project Profile will be elaborated into a full-fledged

project document and submitted for the financial consideration of the Donor.

The Project Profiles are therefore important tools within the framework of the

Action Plan for resource mobilization. Thus, it is to be expected that several

projects will emerge from the Action Plan based on specific criteria and

methodology for product/project selection. The purpose of the Action Plan is to

provide an instrument for accelerated implementation of National Export

Strategy Framework.

The Council has been liaising with the National Planning Commission, donor fund

coordinating Agency, seeking fund to implement the plan.

CHAPTER FIVE:

5.0 WHERE WE ARE:

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(i) NEPC has executed about 60% of an Action Plan designed by the Council

for accelerating the implementation of the National Export Strategy for

job creation. This document was designed for implementation within

the time frame of 2012-2015.

(ii) NEPC is in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and

Investment to produce an expanded strategy for the penetration of

AGOA markets.

(iii) NEPC is in collaboration with African Development Bank (ADB) to

produce a document on Nigerian Diaspora Export Programme.

5.1 Reform Programme:

The Council has developed an Action Plan for the implementation of Nigeria

Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP) and Nigeria Enterprises Development

Programme (NEDEP). The strategic approach is to improve and enhance

the skills and capacity of MSMEs in order to encourage more participation

in export and fuelling of production value chains. The Action Plan includes

Product Development, Capacity Building, Market Development, Incentive

Packages, Strategic Partnerships and the Nigerian Diaspora Export

Programme. These supportive programmes are planned to be executed

yearly within the time frame of each of the Transformation Programme.

OLUSEGUN AWOLOWO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO

NIGERIAN EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL

FEBRUARY, 2014

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NIGERIAN EXPORT

PROMOTION COUNCIL

2013

ANNUAL REPORT