400 Companies to Participate at the 2014 Enugu International Trade Fair
Source:nigerianbulletin 2014-2-19 9:23:00
Dr Ifeanyi Okoye, the President, Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), on Tuesday said that more than 400 companies had indicated interest to participate at the 2014 Enugu International Trade Fair.He said that the participating corporate organisations would include more than 25 companies from India, China, Indonesia, UK, Malaysia, US and South Africa.He disclosed that arrangements were being made by the chamber and Enugu State Government for the fair with the theme: "Increasing the Competitiveness of Nigerian Products in Global Market".The fair will be declared open by President Goodluck Jonathan.Okoye said that agriculture would play a central role at the fair, saying that the fair would specifically help to boost agricultural production and commercial farming.He said that new products, prototypes, innovations and research findings would be displayed at the fair.He assured that efforts had been made to provide security and necessary infrastructure, including power and water at the fair site.Okoye said that the chamber was collaborating with the state government to provide the facilities.He said that two 500 KVA generators would also be provided for use in case of disruption in public power supply at the fair venue."We have become familiar with the environment and will use our experience gathered in the past to create more ambience to make the environment friendly, through improved and systematic allocation of space to participants," he said.