NATIONAL ANTHEM Arise, O Compatriots Nigeria's Call Obey To serve our fatherland With love and strength and faith The labour of our heroes past, shall never be in vain To serve with heart and might, One Naon bound in freedom, peace and unity Oh God of creaon, direct our noble cause Guide our leaders right Help our youth the truth to know In love and honesty to grow And living just and true Great loy heights aain To build a naon where peace and jusce reigns. NATIONAL PLEDGE I pledge to Nigeria my country. To be faithful, loyal and honest. To serve Nigeria with all my strength To defend her unity and uphold her honour and glory So help me God.Amen 1 NECEA Conference Agenda Theme: “Rebuilding Nigeria’s Economy th rough Non- oil Exports: A Strategic Imperave” 23RD March 2021 9:00am – 10:00am Registraon/Virtual Red Carpet-Recepon/Virtual Exhibion 10:00am – 10: 05am Naonal Anthem/Naonal Prayer 10:0 5am – 10:15am Welcome Address by N PNEN Presiden t, Alh. Ahmad Rabiu NPNEN showcase ( 5-7 minut es video) Keynote address – Dr Tilola Akinde inde, Program Manager, PDF Bridge 10:15am - 11:00am Goodwill messages – NEPC, N EXIM 11:00am – 11:15am Tea Break/Virtual Exhibion Panel Session 1 Theme: Re scuing th e Nigerian economy through AfCFTA and other non- oil export enabling windows Moderator – Dr O lumuyi wa Alaba (T rade Policy Expert, PDF Bridge) 11:15am – 12:45pm Lead presenter - Mr. Olufemi Boyede (CEO Koinonia Ventures) Panelists: Sul eman A. Audu (Director, Commodies and Export Departm ent FMITI), NEXIM, NE PC, CBN, Francis A natogu (Secre tary, AfCFTA NAC), Leon ard Ugbajah (ED, CTDA), Ebube Chukwujekwu (ED, Tripplesea Group) 12:45pm – 12:55pm Sh ort break/Virtual Exhibion/Video Panel Session 2 Theme: Improving the comp eveness of Nigeria’s non-oil export sector in internaonal markets 12:55am – 2:30pm Moderator - Bami dele Ayemibo (Lead consul tant, 3Timpex Ltd) Lead presenter – Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN) Panelists: Jimmy Adebakin (FOB Global Logiscs), Adetokunbo Adewoyin (Principal Consultant of Fortress20 Commodies) NEPC, Lanre Nwankwo (OWIT), Prince Ajibola Oluyede (NICERT) 2:30pm-2:35pm Short break/Virtual Exhibi on Export Awards ceremony 2:40pm – 3:00pm Recognion of Export Mentors 3:00pm – 3:10pm Response from Vic e Presiden t, Prof Yemi O sinbajo Closing remarks – NPNEN 1st Vice President 3:10pm – 3:15pm Vote of Thanks/See You Next Year: Tilope Ojo, Ag. Execuve Secretary Lunch 2 About the Network of Practicing Non-Oil Exporters of Nigeria (NPNEN) Background In the course of its advocacy and capacity-enhancement programmes, the Policy Development Facility Program phase 2 (PDFII), a FCDO funded program, had idenfied the absence of a broad- based, virile and effecve community of praconers as one of the weakest components of Nigeria's non-oil value chain. The fragmented nature of the country's non-oil export sector has made it difficult to idenfy the most appropriate body with which to engage or consult when it comes to discussing issues related to the sector. Several sub-groups have developed, purporng to represent the non-oil export sector while, in truth, they only cater for the specific interests of their own membership along the value-chain. The need for an umbrella, credible, independent and private-sector- driven vehicle with broad-based parcipaon and leadership has always been an imperave. NPNEN was birthed from the series of dialogues organized by PDFII for the Non-oil Exporter Community of Pracce. These 'Non-oil Export Dialogues' were aimed at eliminang the various barriers to non-oil exports in Nigeria, with special focus on MSMEs. The dialogue series which focused on bringing stakeholders together, addressed such issues as access to finance, product quality and standards, export procedures and documentaons, among others. Besides bringing the relevant MDAs in dialogue with the private sector actors, the dialogue series also devoted special sessions to building the capacity of non-oil exporters on advocacy so as to enable them to connue to engage with relevant MDAs of government on issues of interest to non-oil exporters. Objectives of NPNEN The core objecve of NPNEN is to be a plaorm for dialogue and cooperaon among actors in the non-oil export value chain in resolving the various challenges faced by non-oil exporters. Some of the specific objecves of the NPNEN are: · To serve as a plaorm for connuous dialogue and cooperaon among the actors in the non- oil export value chain. · To regularly research and deliver to Government, evidence-based suggesons towards improving Nigeria's export performance, since advocacy has become a strategic imperave. · To provide members with up-to-date market informaon and technical assistance on export processes and procedures. · To encourage joint export iniaves among members. · To advocate for the interest of members in government policies and trade 3 Vision To realize increased Nigerian parcipaon in non-oil export trade, with specific aenon to the strategic posioning of members on global compliance and compeon Mission To create a hub of interconnected players in the non-oil export sector, mutually commied to leading advocacy for the creaon of an enabling environment for non-oil export trade and championing collaborave informaon sourcing, informaon sharing, and capacity building amongst members NPNEN Executive Council The Execuve Council of NPNEN is a statutory representaon of prominent trade associaons, pressure groups and key non-oil export supporng instuons. The following organisaons are currently represented on the Execuve Council: 1. Nigerian Associaon of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI) 2. Nigerian Associaon of Small & Medium Enterprises (NASME) 3. The Nigerian Associaon of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Export Group 4. Manufacturers Associaon of Nigeria (MAN) 5. Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) 6. Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) 7. Nigerian Network of Women Exporters of Services (NNWES) 8. Organisaon of Women in Internaonal Trade (OWIT) 9. South-East Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (SECCIMA) 10. Coalion of the Northern States Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (CONSCCIMA) 11. Odu'a Chambers of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ODUACCIMA) 12. South South Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines & Agriculture (FOSCCIMA) Institutional Partners · Central Bank of Nigeria · Federal Ministry of Industry Trade & Investments · Nigeria Export Promoon Council (NEPC) · Nigeria Export Import Bank (NEXIM) 4 NPNEN Board of Trustees Prince Adetokunbo Aisha Abubakar Olufemi Boyode Chief Ede Dafinone A. Kayode Co-Chairman Secretary Member Chairman Aisha Baffa Bamidele Ayemibo Dr. Omolara Akanji Sam Hart Member Member Member Member Mohammed Sada Prince Raphael Ajibola Ladan Baki Oluyede Member Member 5 Executive Council Officers/Management President: 1st Vice-President: Alhaji Ahmed Rabiu Mrs. Blessing Irabor 2nd Vice-President: Ag. Executive Secretary: Titilope Ojo Chief Kola Akosile For more informaon about NPNEN visit www.npnen.org Follow us on our social media plaorms: Twier: @npnen_ng Facebook: hps://www.facebook.com/NPNEN Instagram: @npnen Become a member of NPNEN today. Visit www.npnen.org/register Download documents about NPNEN from hps://npnen.org/downloads/ 6 Rebuilding Nigeria's Economy through Non-Oil Exports: A strategic Imperative A Keynote Address delivered by Dr Titilola Akindeinde, Programme Manager, PDF Bridge ood morning ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to the first Annual NPNEN Non-Oil Exporters Conference, Exhibion and Awards (NPNEN-NECEA 2021). You will all agree Gwith me that this conference, and in parcular the theme “rebuilding Nigeria's economy through non-oil exports: A Strategic Imperave, could not be beer med than now as we connue to grapple with the unprecedented health and economic crises brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic exposed the global economy to major disrupons compounding the effects of the global oil price shocks. For a largely oil dependent economy like Nigeria's the crisis has led to a recession, the second within 5 years. Although diversificaon has been a long-conceived ambion of successive administraons in the last four decades or more, it is now me to move from aspiraon to taking decisive steps towards rebuilding this economy on a more solid foundaon beyond oil. Economic diversificaon is no longer an ideal aspiraonal state for the Nigeria economy, but rather an imperave for sustainable economic growth. The pandemic, despite the hardship it brought upon the enre world also opened some windows of opportunies for developing countries like Nigeria to reposion themselves in the global non-oil trade space. In addion, the newly created African Connental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has opened another window of less stringent condions for trade among the 54 economies that have signed the agreement. The AfCFTA presents expansive regional market covering 55 countries with about 1.2 billion people and cumulave Gross Domesc Product (GDP) of over US$ 3 trillion. Overme, Nigeria has idenfied various pathways towards diversificaon as included in various short, medium, and long-term plans of the government including the: Economic Transformaon Agenda, Change Agenda, Economic Recovery and Growth Plan and Economic Sustainability Plan. Despite emphasis on non-oil sector and pronouncements of various incenves including the zero-oil plan designed by the Nigeria Export Promoon Council (NEPC) in 2016, zero reject policy, export, expansion grant (EEG) and export smulaon fund (ESF) designed to generate the desired non-oil export driven growth, the impacts in reality have remained relavely low. There are challenges that hinder the realisaon of the objecves of these incenves. These include producon and trade related infrastructure deficits, business environment concerns, subsisng gaps in interacon between the non-oil export community and policymakers. According to the WTO (2016) MSMEs account for the majority of non-oil exporng firms and jobs globally.