{"id":1238,"date":"2014-07-23T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/?post_type=pressrelease&p=1238"},"modified":"2018-10-04T17:34:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:34:41","slug":"nigerian-export-promotion-council-collaborates-tony-elumelu-foundation-increase-non-oil-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/news\/nigerian-export-promotion-council-collaborates-tony-elumelu-foundation-increase-non-oil-exports","title":{"rendered":"Conselho Nigeriano de Promo\u00e7\u00e3o de Exporta\u00e7\u00f5es colabora com a Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Tony Elumelu para aumentar as exporta\u00e7\u00f5es n\u00e3o petrol\u00edferas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council seal the deal on a one-year partnership that aims to help improve Nigeria\u2019s share of the global, non-oil export market.<\/p><\/div>\n

Abuja, 7 July 2014<\/strong> \u2013 As part of its mandate to create a more competitive Nigerian economy, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and The Tony Elumelu Foundation have entered into a one-year partnership in efforts to help improve Nigeria\u2019s share of the global, non-oil export market.<\/p>\n

Under the new agreement, the Foundation has provided NEPC with a technical advisor, Maureen Ideozu, through its Elumelu Fellowship Programme. In addition, two associates from the Elumelu Professionals Programme-Lawi Laktabai and Jean-Yves Mutanda are also working with key NEPC officers to increase Nigeria\u2019s export of agricultural products.<\/p>\n

On this partnership, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, CEO of the National Export Promotion Council stated, \u201cNEPC is benefitting from the public good initiative of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. The consistent input from the embedded Elumelu Fellow and visiting “Masters” interns are of tremendous value to the strategic repositioning of the Council. I am very pleased with this partnership as we jointly work towards the socio economic development of our country and diversification of our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among her numerous responsibilities, Ms. Ideozu will work directly with Mr. Awolowo, to increase Nigerian private sector participation in global trade and liaise with the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council, other government agencies, as well as private sector organizations to implement the NEPC\u2019s strategic plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Elumelu Fellowship offers me an opportunity to contribute to increased competitiveness in Nigeria by unlocking opportunities for Nigerian companies in a manner that equips them to compete globally,\u201d stated Ideozu.<\/p>\n

According to Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, \u201cOur organization is committed to implementing solutions that will improve the operating environment for Africa\u2019s private sector. The NEPC is a key partner in meeting our long-term objectives because it is the Nigerian government\u2019s primary institution for export development and promotion. This support will unlock substantial export-driven growth opportunities for Nigeria\u2019s fast-growing SMEs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Ideozu has vast public and private sector consulting experience. Prior to joining The Tony Elumelu Foundation, she was Team Lead, Service Delivery Improvement Output, for the Federal Public Administration Reform programme (FEPAR) as well as serving as Chief SERVICOM Officer for SERVICOM.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abuja, 7 July 2014 \u2013 As part of its mandate to create a more competitive Nigerian economy, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and The Tony Elumelu Foundation have entered into a one-year partnership in efforts to help improve Nigeria\u2019s share of the global, non-oil export market. Under the new agreement, the Foundation has provided …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}