The
Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has disclosed that, Nigeria realised
$2.970 billion from non-oil export, in 2013 a 15.9 per cent increase over
$2.561 in 2012.
Disclosing
this at the business meeting tagged” A New Dawn For Nigerian Export” organised
by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC, the Executive Director/CEO,
NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, said Nigeria’s export is dominated by oil, but
that, there has been steady growth in Non-oil export to $2.970 billion in 2013,
a 15.9 per cent increase over $2.561 in 2012.
He
said that non-oil export potentials have not been fully exploited despite
endowed natural resources solid minerals, agriculture, adding that, some of the
challenges are poor infrastructure, energy, finance, skills and capacity.
According
to him, the non-oil export challenges in Nigeria are
