Mr. Olusegun Awolowo yesterday ended his second and final term as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) as Ezra Yakusak, Director Policy and Strategy of the Council, assumes helm on the today
Since 2016, Awolowo’s flagship project has been the Zero Oil Plan, as an economic blueprint for Nigeria to boost non-oil exports, among several others.
Mr. Awolowo considers his biggest achievement to be “energizing the critical sectors of the economy to increase non-oil production and increase productivity to take advantage of the market out there for Nigerian exports globally.”
His successor Ezra Yakusak, who holds a PhD in industrial regulation from the Ahmadu Bello College, has, in addition to being Director Policy and Strategy at NEPC, served as Secretary to the Governing Board of the Council.
