Dr. Ezra Yakusak, President, ECOWAS TPO Network |
The 15-member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday in Abuja came together to drive export promotion in the sub-region.
Dr Ezra Yakusak, President, ECOWAS Trade Promotion
Organisation (TPO) Network said this at the closing ceremony of a five-day
training programme on Resolution Based Management (RBM) Project Cycle
Management.
Yakusak, who is also the CEO, Nigerian Export Promotion
Council, assured that the ECOWAS TPO network remained a viable special purpose
vehicle to drive export promotion in the ECOWAS sub-region.
“The network is poised to support companies in the ECOWAS
sub-region with excellent services to break frontiers in export market and be
integrated into the global trade system.
“This is a sure way to economic growth and sustainable
development in our region,” the President said.
He said that TPO network was set up through various
organisation’s network in West Africa by all the 15 – member states.
Mr. Kolawole Sofola, Acting Director, Trade Directorate,
ECOWAS Commission expressed optimism that at the end of the training,
participants and TPO would strengthen the interest of business in the region.
Sofola assured that participants and TPO would support
private initiatives and facilitate access to new markets.
“The outcomes of your trade promotion activities will
further stimulate growth, job creation and strengthen economic and commercial
promotion amongst ECOWAS member states,” Sofola said.
Mrs. Evelyn Obidike, the Executive Secretary, ECOWAS TPO
Network said that the training would enable ECOWAS countries to reintegrate and
deepen their relationships.
Obidike said that the training would also enable the ECOWAS
countries to combine resources and collectively compete in the export trade.
She said that the training was a network to showcase ECOWAS
countries during the Intra African Trade fair in Cote D’Ivoire coming up in
2023.
NAN reports that the International Trade Centre in
partnership with the ECOWAS Commission is implementing components of the West
Africa Competitiveness Programme. NAN
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