James Emejo in Abuja
The Executive Director/Chief Executive, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Dr. Ezra Yakusak, has been re-elected President of the ECOWAS Trade Promotion Organisations (TPOs) Network in Accra Ghana.
Consequently, the NEPC boss will serve a fresh one-year tenure and will lead 15 other member ECOWAS countries in driving trade within the sub-region.
His re-election is also in line with Article 11 of the ECOWAS TPO Network.
The ECOWAS Trade Promotion Organization is a network of all Trade Promotion Organizations in West Africa established by the decisions of Council of Ministers at the Ordinary Session.
Nigeria became the pioneer president in April 2021 while Yakusak became the president following the expiration of the tenure of former NEPC chief executive, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo.
A statement by Head, Corporate Communications, NEPC, Mr. Ndubueze Okeke, also pointed out that Yakusak’s re-election took place at the end of 2nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Network held Accra, Ghana.
He was re-elected alongside Mr. Ben Guy Mbangue from Cote’ D’ivoire as the vice president.
The duo constitute the Executive Bureau of the Network and their tenure expires after one year.
All members present unanimously re-elected the President and Vice President respectively, the statement added.
