Nigeria, April 24 -- This is the sixth in the series of articles to advise the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on what should be done to grow Nigerian non-export volume to match and surpass that of crude oil and gas exports. This edition will focus on the policies relating to boosting the purchasing power of exporters in Nigeria. The guidelines aim to grow the non-oil export volume by increasing the quantity of goods purchased and processed by the exporters for shipment to the export markets. This will involve deploying various trade finance instruments to boost the capital available to businesses shipping different products out of the country to other export markets worldwide.

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