All is now set for the maiden Kogi State Made in Nigeria Trade and Exhibition.
The Programme is organized by Kogi Shippers Association and the State Chapter of Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) in collaboration with the Kogi Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KOCCIMA) and M² Global Multi Vista Resources.
The Co- Chairman Local Organizing Committee, Chief Femi Ajisafe, in a statement said the Trade fair which is scheduled to hold at the President Muhammadu Buhari Square Lokoja, between the 20th and 30th November 2022 is being supported by Nigerian Shippers Council and Kogi State Government to open windows of opportunity for Local Entrepreneurs, Processors and Manufacturers of Made In Nigeria Products to National and International market as well as improve processing practices through value addition in order to meet International Standards and Certification.
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The statement further reads “Besides serving as windows of opportunities for our entrepreneurs to explore National and International Market Places, it will equally attract large stream of participants from Corporate Organizations, Individual Investors and Manufacturers, including Policy Makers, Businessmen and Women.”
It added that the exhibition will also enable participants showcase Made in Nigeria Exportable Products in Foods/Agriculture, Fashion/Textiles and Industrial Goods and Promote interface of Producers and Marketers of Made in Nigeria Products.
Other benefits according to the statement include; Facilitating the linkage of SME Operators to Domestic and Export Market Operators and Enhance Access of Local Foods /Agricultural Processors and Manufacturers of Made in Nigeria Products into the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), to boost Nigeria’s share of Non-Oil Export Receipt.
It enjoined business people and entrepreneurs to take advantage of this special leverage to broaden and deepen market capture for made in Nigeria products, nationally and internationally.