The Nigerian Vice President, Dr. Kashim Shettima is expected to declare open the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) 3rd National Conference on Non-oil Exports.
The Executive Director/CEO of NEPC, Nonye Ayeni, in a statement in Abuja, said the conference is expected to draw participants from the public and Organised Private Sector (OPS), development partners, and the diplomatic community.
The conference scheduled for November 12 – 13, 2024 in Abuja, has
the theme “Promoting Non-oil Export for Rapid National Economic Growth.”
According to the statement, the conference is expected to provide a platform for the convergence of multi-sectoral stakeholders and practitioners to articulate and collate positions on emerging issues relating to non-oil exports and develop a framework by industry stakeholders, policymakers, development partners, and SMEs with a view to proposing solutions to some of the challenges affecting the sector.
“Some of the topics slated for discussion are $1 trillion Economy in 2030: Non-Oil Export as a Major Driver, Sectoral Perspective in the Development and Promotion of Non-Oil Export, Compliance to Trade Regulations, Export Financing, Supply Chain Constraints, Streamlining Informal Cross Border Trade as well as One State One Product as a Vehicle to Drive Non-oil Export.” it stated.
In the year 2022 and 2023, the Council held similar conferences with the themes “Export for Survival: Optimising Nigeria’s Non-Oil Export Potentials” and “Building a Sustainable National Economy Through Non-Oil Exports” respectively.
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