Report by ALI MUHAMMAD RABIU; Editing by BASIRAT MEMUDU
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will next week lead other dignitaries in politics and business communities to Ilorin, Kwara state to elect the first indigene of the state, Engineer Jani Ibrahim, as the new president of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA).
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Thursday, chairman of the local organizing steering committee of the Kwara state Chamber of Commerce Industries Mines and Agriculture (KWACCIMA), Engineer Abu Salami, said that the 65th Annual General Meeting/Conference of the association would elect Ibrahim as the first Kwaran to occupy the position since the establishment of NACCIMA in 1960.
KWACCIMA chieftain said other dignitaries in the entourage of President Tinubu would include the minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Mrs. Jumoke Oduwoye; Attorney General and minister of Justice, Prince Abdulateef Fagbemi (SAN).
According to him, the incumbent president of the association, Chief Dele Oye, and other members of his cabinet will also attend the two-day event to handover to the new president and his team, as well as presidents and director generals of all chambers in the country.
Engineer Salami, said election of NACCIMA officers is constitutionally by succession of two years, adding that, the arrangement is perfect and succession makes transition peaceful and free from rancour.
He said Jani Ibrahim, Chairman and Technical Adviser of LUBCON is not new in the business world, noting that he was president of KWACCIMA, chairman of CONSCCIMA and lately the current 1st National Deputy President of NACCIMA for the past two years.
Meanwhile, business community in the state have called on the incoming NACCIMA president to include ease of doing business in his agenda when he assumes office.
Speaking on behalf of members of KWACCIMA, Engineer Salami said the incoming president should look into issue of alleged multiple taxation to make business community thrive without stress.
