The Nigerian Export Promotion Council ( NEPC ) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), a body of market analysts from Geneva, Switzerland are collaborating on establishing a trade facilitation mechanism that will enable easy access to foreign markets. Speaking while receiving a team from Yared Befecadu Associate Market Analyst of International Trade Centre (ITC) Geneva, to the Headquarters of NEPC in Abuja, the Executive Director of the Agency, Segun Awolowo said the platform is meant to facilitate the identification and subsequent elimination of trade obstacles faced by companies. According to the report, as part of the processes to establish TOAM, ITC plans to train National Focal Point officials on the use of the application, and also build capacity for other related areas including market access, trade map, e-learning courses and use other ITC Market Analysis tools. Yared is visiting Nigeria as part of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme being implemented by ITC in partnership with ECOWAS. Earlier, Awolowo had thanked ITC for initiating the TOAM project and hoped that it will have a significant impact on Nigeria export trade, even before the three years that it is expected to last.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 10, 2019 16:18 UTC