The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has distributed about five hundred
(500) seedlings to trigger mass plantation in Anambra State.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that over fifty (50) youths drawn from different locations also benefitted from the programme staged at Mr. Gordian Chukwuemeka Oranika Conference Hall, Awka.
In his welcome address, the State Coordinator, NEPC, Mr. Peter Udom enjoined the participants to utilize the knowledge acquired to engage themselves not just in exportation of raw agricultural products but also add value to it.
Mr. Udom added that it would enable them to contribute meaningfully to the development of the Nigerian economy and create employment in line with the NEPC campaign of “Doubling your Export”
In their separate speeches, the Director General, Awka Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (AWKACCIMA) Mr. Agulue Olisaemeka expressed gratitude to the State Coordinator for organizing the palm seedlings distribution event, which benefited some members.
They requested more interventions and outreach programs for members in the future.
