Chamber partners govt on agro-business development
EFFORTS by the Federal Government to encourage peasant farmers to develop in the agro-business sector have been given a further boost by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ABUCCIMA).
The chamber has intensified efforts to make agric-business the main crux of the second Abuja International Trade Fair.
Deputy President of the chamber, Solomon Nyaba, told newsmen in Abuja recently that the trade fair would concentrate on issues relating to harnessing the gains of economic reforms and entrepreneurship opportunities in agro business.
The ABUCCIMA deputy boss explained that with the fair, the chamber intended to showcase Nigeria to the rest of the world following the tremendous benefits the nation had intensified in reaping from the prevailing economic reforms in different sectors of the economy, particularly in agriculture.
Nyaba reiterated that the chamber was delighted to be associated with the economic reforms of government.
He further explained that the theme of the trade fair was adopted to prove the chambers' solidarity to these reforms.
He said: "We are happy as a chamber and a private sector group to identify with this reform, and we intend to support the government in his noble policy of reform.
"Indeed, this year's concentration on agriculture is also strategic, because we know that agriculture is the bedrock of our ordinary level living economic situations."
The chamber's deputy president lauded the efforts of government in trying to promote agriculture adding that it would go a long way in turning around agro business and agriculture in Nigeria.
His words: "The government itself has done a lot in trying to promote agriculture and this 50 billion revolving loan which they had given to the banks to disburse to farmers would help in turning around agro business and agriculture in Nigeria."
Nyaba explained that agriculture would serve as the link to other sectors of the economy like energy and health, which he said they believed would eventually lead to attaining some stable situation in Nigeria's economic environment.
The trade fair, which debut in Abuja in May last year would commence in the first week of February and would witness multinational companies like LG, PZ, JVC, amongst others.
Chief consultant of the exhibition, Mr. Fidel Ndubuisi assured that goods would be sold at affordable prices, as consumers would interact directly with producers, thereby cutting intermediary costs.
He disclosed that his company had signed a deal with a record company, which would attract at least 36 musicians to the fair.
With 300,000 participants and over 300 stands in last year's trade fair, Ndubuisi expressed optimism that this year's fair would attract more participants.
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