Bauchi State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Alhaji Mohammed Sadiq , said the state’s maiden national trade fair has recorded transactions worth more than N100 million naira within just two weeks.
The commissioner who said there are over 200 exhibitors who participated at the trade fair disclosed that the state government will put resources to help provide more secured business environment in the interest of economic development of the state.
Sadiq said the government will continue to collaborate with private partners to provide physical infrastructures for existing investments to thrive in order to make every part of the state attractive to new investors.
Mohammed Sadiq ,” the Bauchi State 1st National Trade & Exhibition Fair plays important roles in marketing as well as business networking as the participants have meet with people and companies at their own level in the supply chain, as well as potential suppliers and buyers.”
The commissioner who commended the Executive Council of Bauchi Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture (BACCIMA) “for undertaking this laudable initiative to gather experts, captains of industries, business community and players in the economic sectors”, said the trade fair was a moment to share business ideas and promote business relationship.
He stated that the trade and exhibition fair will generate new ideas, innovations and strategies that will help address the challenges facing micro-small and medium enterprises so as to engender economic growth and development in the country.
The commissioner said, “the National Economic Recovery and Growth Plan and eventual diversification of Nigeria’s Economy, the Role of SMEs” is relevant to the country’s current economic realities as, it will contribute significantly to the economy by serving as an impetus for economic diversification.
“Let me also use this opportunity to encourage stakeholders here present today; to take advantage of the fair. “We in Bauchi are ready for business and the market is expansive for quicker and bigger returns on investment,” he asserts.
The State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed during a closing ceremony of the trade fair said, the event had challenged the state government on the need to strengthen business communities in the state.
Represented by the commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki, the governor said his administration will continue to support businesses in the state to help curb the menace of unemployment.
