With the operationalization of
the African Continental Free Trade Area
(AfCFTA), Nigerian exporters have been implored to build capacity and be
prepared to compete under the free trade area to avoid dumping of goods in the
country.
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The Executive Director/CEO of
Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun
Awolowo, while receiving in his office, the Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, in Abuja,
said: “We (Nigerians) must be ready with an army of
exporters to compete with our goods under AfCFTA to avoid dumping of foreign
goods in the country.”
Speaking on Borno State, Awolowo
reiterated the need to formalise trade along the border markets, which are more
prevalent along the Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon border markets
respectively.
He also noted that the huge
potential in the state necessitates the establishment of an Export Production Village (EPV) in Gum
Arabic and Sesame seed in order to enhance the quality of the commodities for
export especially in terms of model farms and scaling-up production for export.
While commending the Governor for
his resilience and good governance despite the incursion of insurgents, Awolowo
pledged the Council’s support to the development and promotion of non-oil
export under the Zero Oil Plan (ZOP)
and in line with the Export Development
Fund (EDF) to boost export activities in the state.
Responding, Governor Zulum
appealed to the NEPC on the need to provide more export intervention projects
in the state to cushion the adverse impact of the insurgency and COVID-19
pandemic on businesses in the state.
He decried the incessant felling
of Gum Arabic plantations by some unscrupulous people who use it as fuel wood
for cooking, noting that about 40 percent of fuel wood used in the state are
from Gum Arabic.
(Guardian)
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