NEPC advises ambassadors-designate

NigeriaS ambassadors-designate and consul-generals have been told to attract Investments to the country and negotiate trade policies that would positively affect the export of Nigerian products.Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Segun Awolowo gave the advice while addressing the envoys at the induction exercise at the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) complex in Abuja.He spoke on the theme: Trade facilitation and Nigerian missions abroad: Challenges and opportunities and reminded the envoys that they were responsible for driving export of Nigerian products in their various host countries.Awolowo, who underscored the importance of Nigerias survival in a world where there would no longer be a place for sale of oil, solicited the support of the ambassadors to collaborate to achieve a common national goal of inclusive socio-economic growth for the country.Read Also:Segun Awolowos tribute to mother-like figureThe NEPC boss added that the world should be made a marketplace for Nigerian non-oil products and services and to achieve this, he urged them to get acquainted with robust economic diplomacies by effectively networking, making good use of market intelligence and promoting Nigerian brands like its textiles, rich foods and cuisines and other non-oil products.Nigerian ambassadors-designate are important in foreign missions as key resources responsible for driving the export of Nigerian products in host countries, attracting investments to the home country (Nigeria) that develops the zero oil sectors and negotiating trade facilities that positively affect the export of Nigerian products, he said.Awolowo expressed the need for continued collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and trade agencies to enhance economic diplomacy that facilitates the strategic Zero Oil Plan to diversify Nigerias export portfolio to include non-oil exports. The target is to obtain $30 billion in non-oil exports by 2025, he said.The NEPC boss presented the Outstanding Export Enabler Award to the Ambassador of Nigeria to Hungary, Amb. Dr. Eniola Ajayi, for her contributions to the growth of the Nigerian non-oil export sector through the production of the publication of her book, Food Culture and Cuisine in Nigeria.
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