NEPC wins WTPO award

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has won the 2018 World Trade Promotion Organisations (WTPO) award in the category of the best initiative to ensure that trade are inclusive and sustainable.

NEPC works with partners across ministries, departments, agencies and private sectors to promote inclusive and sustainable non-oil export of Nigerian products.

The WTPO Award, open to all national Trade Promotion Organisations (TPOs), is designed to recognise and celebrate TPOs that excel in innovative and effective practices in export-development initiatives.

According to the International Trade Centre (ITC), the winning organisations have to show that they have helped micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) to become competitive in international markets.

Nigeria beat three other nominees – Mongolia, Mauritius and Peru to the honours, when the ITC, a joint agency of the WTPO and the United Nations (UN) declared NEPC winner on Thursday, October 25 in Paris, France.