EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Export Promotion Council Hit By Internal Revolt Over N72Million Redeployment Scandal

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 Multiple senior sources within the NEPC said that the ₦72 million figure represents the cumulative transfer allowances expected to be paid to officers affected by the recent mass redeployments across state and zonal offices, and that the figure was not released by Mrs. Ayeni.



 There is an internal revolt within the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) over allegations of financial impropriety trailing the administraCption of the Council’s Executive Director, Mrs. Nonye Ayeni, following a controversial nationwide staff redeployment exercise estimated to have cost ₦72 million.

Multiple senior sources within the NEPC said that the ₦72 million figure represents the cumulative transfer allowances expected to be paid to officers affected by the recent mass redeployments across state and zonal offices, and that the figure was not released by Mrs. Ayeni.


However, insiders insist that the expenditure was neither appropriated nor captured under the NEPC’s 2025 budgetary provisions, nor was it included in the Council’s approved procurement plan.


According to the sources, this has raised serious red flags within the organisation, as the alleged payment of such a huge sum without budgetary backing is being viewed as a clear violation of extant financial regulations governing public institutions.

Alleged Personal Ego Project

One highly placed official questioned the rationale behind the redeployment exercise, describing it as “an ego-driven decision rather than an institutional necessity.”

“A lot of officers are questioning the reason for incurring this high expenditure just to satisfy a personal ego,” the source said.

“Would Mrs. Ayeni have embarked on this exercise with such enormous cost if the NEPC was her private company?”

Another insider echoed similar concerns, stressing that the exercise has no clear operational justification, especially at a time when the Council is grappling with funding constraints, poor staff welfare, and lack of capacity-building programmes. 

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