By DAYO JOHNSON

THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council(NEPC), yesterday, called on exporters and stakeholders to take advantage of the infrastructure available at the council to boost non-oil exports and economic growth.

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, said this at a one-day session on Non-oil Exports as a Catalyst for Economic Growth in Akure.
Awolowo said there was need to educate stakeholders “on how to penetrate foreign markets.”

He noted that Nigerian exporters, Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) and other potential exporters should also be aware of the financial opportunities opened to them.
”This is part of the efforts of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council in ensuring that all stakeholders in the export chain are sensitized on the prevailing export regulations and improved practices so as to enable them to be conversant with the dynamics it’s of export trade.

”It will also guarantee improved production for export with attendant benefit in increasing foreign exchange earnings for the country and boost economic development,” he said.

The Zonal Controller of  NEPC in Akure, Mr. Boma Benibo, said the NEPC had over the years employed a number of promotional strategies aimed at motivating Nigerian exporters and potential exporters.
He noted that the seminar would prop them to grow to enviable heights in their export ventures as well as build up their export skills.