Export Promotion Council Lauds SIFAX Delivery, ECU Worldwide LCL Export Partnership

— says partnership will increase Nigeria’s exports

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has lauded the collaboration between SIFAX Delivery and ECU Worldwide, describing it as a enterprise able to boosting the nation’s export capability and earnings.

Mr. Arnold Jackson, Director, State Workplaces Coordinating Division, NEPC mentioned this on the 2024 version of the Worldwide Enterprise Convention & Expo, hosted by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Trade, with the theme “Make investments Nigeria.”

The 2-day occasion, which was held on the Eko Resort & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, attracted key stakeholders and buyers from across the globe, considering investing in Nigeria.

Jackson, who described the partnership as ‘laudable’, additional famous that the provision of less-than-container-load (LCL) companies would make Nigerian merchandise extra aggressive within the world market, thereby growing the nation’s export quantity and international alternate earnings.

He additional assured each SIFAX Delivery and ECU Worldwide that NEPC would promote the service to exporters the company works with, in a bid to help their export ambitions in addition to enhance the nation’s export quantity.

It could be recalled that the primary LCL vessel departed the shores of Lagos for Antwerp, Belgium, on Saturday, August 2024. This marks a major milestone as it’s the first of such service within the nation.

Commenting on the landmark occasion, Head of Groupage at SIFAX Delivery, Mr. Adekunle Owobamirin famous that the partnership was a product of the Group’s dedication to offering enterprise options able to positively impacting the nation’s financial system.

He added that the LCL export service may also help small-scale enterprise house owners and assist them in decreasing prices.

In his phrases, “This partnership with ECU Worldwide is a testomony to our dedication to offering revolutionary and world-class logistics options that can improve Nigeria’s commerce capability and competitiveness on the worldwide stage.

“The introduction of LCL export companies will present Nigerian exporters with extra choices, scale back logistics prices, and in the end contribute to the expansion of the nation’s financial system. The primary vessel has sailed efficiently, and we’re supporting Nigerian small and medium-scale companies to export their merchandise to main markets around the globe.”