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Story by Tayo Olanipekun The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) – AGOA Trade Resource Center have concluded a day workshop on utilisation of the AGOA Textile Visa Stamp for Garment Manufacturers in Aba, Abia State. The workshop which held recently in Aba, one of Nigeria’s hub for garment manufacturers had in attendance 77 garment manufacturers who […]
Exporters of food products have called on the Federal Government to assist in providing enabling environment for easy export to the United States under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The exporters bared their minds at a recent Stakeholder’s round-table meeting held at the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Apapa, Lagos. Organised by the […]
Tayo Olanipekun Petroleum is Nigeria’s main export to the US and it does not create jobs nor make the country derive benefits from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which facilitates trade with the world’s largest economy, the U.S Department of State has said. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy and the […]
As part of its efforts in expanding international competition of exporters and boosting the nation’s economy, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) recently held a round tale meeting with entrepreneurs in the Arts and Craft industry. During the event which took place at the NEPC […]
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has concluded a one day sensitisation workshop on the utilisation of the AGOA Visa Stamp for exporters of garments and apparel to the US market.Mr. Babatunde Faleke is the Regional Coordinator (South West) of the federal agency. He told journalists after the event in Abuja that the Nigerian government […]
Recently, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) AGOA Trade Resource Centre, Lagos unveiled the AGOA Textile Visa Stamp. The Textile Visa Stamp according to the NEPC would enable garment manufacturers in Nigeria to have tariff concession on textile and garments manufactured in the country for export to the USA und
Our Reporter Informal trade worth more than N1bn takes place in Kano each month, Regional Coordinator, North West, of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Balla Hassan, has said. Hassan, who also disclosed that the Council is aware of the ‘back door’ trade ongoing from the Kano grains market, said the NEPC is working […]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has said Nigeria needs to utilise the next seven years to take advantage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Enalama, who was represented by a Principal Officer of the Ministry, Mr. Stephen Adeyemo, at an advocacy workshop organized by the Nigeria […]
Dayo Emmanuel Human Capital Development Centre (HCDC), a project of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has graduated 64 students from its garment manufacturing and pattern drafting training program in Lagos. Speaking at the event, Chief Executive Officer of the NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo said, “HCDC furthers our mission to boost Nigeria’s non-oil exports, which […]