Fidelity Bank calls for private sector participation in non-oil export sector

Fidelity Bank Plc has expressed the need for greater private sector participation in non-oil export sector to boost the country's diversification drive. The bank's Managing Director, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, said this in a statement made available on Wednesday in Lagos.

Onyeali-Ikpe said that good export provides means of increasing the markets for producers and as well an opportunity to attract much needed foreign exchange earnings. She said that year-in, year-out, Fidelity Bank has demonstrated its resolve to help diversify the Nigerian economy and increase export earnings. One of the ways, is through the Export Management Programme (EMP) which provides participants with the knowledge needed to navigate both the international non-oil export market and the larger export market.

She added that previous editions of the EMP recorded outstanding successes and made marked impacts in the lives and businesses of the participants and optimistic that the just-concluded eleventh edition will not be an exception. The feedback from facilitators and participants are encouraging. The turnout was tremendous and certain that there will witness astonishing results as the participants put what they learnt into practice. Onyeali-Ikpe said this against the backdrop of the just concluded 11th edition of the Fidelity Bank Export Management Programme (EMP 11) held on Oct. 8.