By Favour Nnabugwu

ABUJA-The Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Bank for five states, in line with its Commercial Agriculture Development Project, CADP.

The agreement was signed in Abuja yesterday to stimulate the export and marketability of targeted agricultural products in the five states, comprising Lagos, Cross River, Enugu, Kano and Kaduna.

The initiative, which has the capacity to provide jobs, income opportunities, and strengthen national efforts towards achievement of federal government’s policy objectives on food security and millennium development goals, will also contribute significantly to meeting national food needs and strengthen trade link with other countries