NEPC URGED TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY

-           The New Initiative for Credible Leadership (NICL) has urged the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) to be more committed and ensure increase in non-oil export as solution to the economic hardship caused by the fall in crude oil price.

-          NICL tasked NEPC to appreciate its crucial role in Nigeria’s economic recovery following the consensus that the country should no more depend solely on crude oils as its major revenue source.

-          In a statement, NICL noted that the economic challenge offers NEPC a chance to fulfill its mandate mandate of developing and diversifying Nigeria’s export trade.

-          In a statement, Rev.  Samuel Onwu, Executive Director of NICL affirmed that NEPC must assist in developing and promoting export oriented industries.

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