Mr Akilu Sayibu (right) interacting with a handicraft retailer in Bolga

Export Promotion deputy boss visits zonal offices

Gertrude Ankah May - 24 - 2017 , 05:45

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Mr Akilu Sayibu, has completed a 10-day working visit to the zonal offices of GEPA in the three northern regions.

He also visited the political and administrative authorities in the zones to discuss areas of collaboration and how GEPA’s services could improve Ghana’s trade and agenda for job creation.

Those he interacted with included regional ministers and their deputies, municipal chief executives and Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs).

Purpose

The visit offered the deputy CEO the opportunity to know at first-hand some of the challenges staff of GEPA and producers faced in their operations, as well as share with them the strategies in place to promote Ghana’s non-traditional export (NTE) products, including those from the northern sector for increased exports.

The move, the GEPA explained, was part of efforts to focus on the product