The Nigerian federal government on Monday said its non-oil exports recorded unprecedented growth of 60 percent in the last quarter of 2008, mostly in agricultural products.

Aliyu Lawal, acting executive director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, disclosed this in Abuja, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.

He said in spite of all the odds, non-oil exports rose from 40 percent in the first quarter to 60 percent, adding that the odds included lack of electricity power and transportation that added to the cost of doing business in the country.

According to him, the performing sectors are finished leather products, cocoa and its products, sesame seeds and manufactured products such as cosmetics and toiletries.

He said Nigeria made a shipment of garment to the United States for the first time under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

The director explained that the feat was achieved because of the efforts of the Council to enlighten and inculcate the culture of formal exports into exporters.

Lawal noted that although agriculture took the major part of the export, the best performers in the export market were high technology and skill-intensive products and services.

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not bad

This is what the govt is saying, and how do we know it is not just another plot to award money for those things so that they can swallow more money.
Let them show some stats and make sure it jive with the stats of the countries that they claim have received the exports of Nigeria.

Good for Nigeria

Propaganda.

shotster50:

Propaganda.

bawomolo:

He said Nigeria made a shipment of garment to the United States for the first time under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

Please if you are living in the US and bought those "garments" .Throw your hands in the air and wave like you just dont care

hollandis:

Please if you are living in the US and bought those "garments" .Throw your hands in the air and wave like you just don't care

Why not? Aso-Oke, Tie-and-dye, and Nigerian wax are all garment. Africans or African-wanna-feel-Black Americans would love to buy them.

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