The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has strengthened Benue’s non-oil export sector through strategic interventions designed to improve the global competitiveness of exporters in the state. It’s Benue Coordinator, Ms Ann Adulugba, stated this at a sensitization workshop on enhancing exporters’ global competitiveness by leveraging digital tools in Makurdi. Adulugba said the council had established soybean, sesame seed, shea nut and yam export clusters to improve production, product quality, traceability, aggregation and access to international markets. According to her, NEPC is promoting new export commodities such as ginger and hibiscus to diversify Benue export portfolio and create additional income opportunities for farmers and entrepreneurs. Ajayi identified the seven steps as strategic ambition, market research, market access, product identification and sourcing, product pricing, export finance and export documentation.