Nigeria, May 1 -- This is the eighth in the series of articles written to advise the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on what must be done to grow the non-export volume to match and surpass that of crude oil and gas exports. In this edition, the focus will be on possible guidelines relating to reducing the cost of doing export business to boost the competitiveness of Nigerian products in the export markets around the world.

This recommendation aims to grow the non-oil export volume by reducing export business costs, thereby helping Nigerian products gain more market share abroad through competitive pricing. This will require assembling a bouquet of programmes to support and help exporters reduce business costs within the expo...