The Honourable Commissioner for Commerce, Hon. (Mrs) Abigail Duke Orok, has disclosed that the rebranded Cross River Commerce Truthful will probably be held in November this 12 months.
Dr Orok, who can be the Chairman of the Steering Committee, disclosed this on Thursday at a press convention held on the NUJ press centre in Calabar.
In response to her, the Cross River Commerce Truthful is scheduled to be held on fifteenth – twenty sixth November, on the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar.
Beneath is the complete press assertion by the Commerce Commissioner on the rebranded Cross River Commerce Truthful:
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1. Good afternoon, Gents of the Press. It’s with nice delight that I prolong the warmest regards from His Excellency, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, the Government Governor of Cross River State on this auspicious event of the official flag-off of a collection of media engagements as a prelude to the internet hosting of the rebranded Cross River Commerce Truthful which is scheduled for fifteenth to twenty sixth November 2024 on the U.J. Esuene Sports activities Stadium, Calabar.
2. His Excellency the Governor of Cross River State has graciously accredited the staging of the honest to interrupt the silence and lull on this important facet of the promotion of financial actions within the state
3. This Press Convention is subsequently intentionally centered on highlighting the actions of the Cross River 2024 Commerce Truthful with the theme “In assist of Our Shared Prosperity”. The Truthful is focused as a multi-sectoral commerce promotion and networking occasion aimed toward creating alternatives for commerce, enterprise and funding promotion within the State.
4. Once more, the honest will even present markets for brand spanking new merchandise, create entry to new markets, and improvement traits in addition to construct new enterprise relationships inside and out of doors Nigeria
5. One of many core mandates of the Ministry of Commerce is the promotion of Business/Commerce insurance policies of the state with the view to attracting funding alternatives to the State, particularly now that the State is evolving a Public-Personal partnership mannequin for her improvement.
6. One of many avenues we will strategically advance the financial frontiers of Cross River State is thru the organisation of a yearly Commerce Truthful, and it’s on this regard that, the 2024 Cross Commerce Truthful is being deliberate.
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7. The Theme of this 12 months’s Truthful, as acknowledged earlier, “In Help of Our Shared Prosperity”, is a complementary exercise to the yearly Calabar Christmas Competition to assuage the yearnings of most individuals who crave quite a lot of actions protecting Leisure, Enterprise, and Tourism Escapades. It’s envisaged nonetheless that, as quickly because the Commerce Truthful ends, very near the take-off, of the Christmas Festivities most exhibitors ought to see causes to remain again for the competition
8. The main focus of the Commerce Truthful
The central focus of the Commerce Truthful is to advertise the economic, business, agricultural, uncooked supplies, and minerals potentials of the state to draw funding alternatives based mostly on a Public Personal Partnership (PPP) mannequin. Nevertheless, the standard shopping for and promoting of products/companies won’t be ignored.
9. Goal Individuals
The goal individuals will embrace the IBL.G. Ax of the State, Personal Firms inside and out of doors the State, Overseas embassies/consulates, and state Governments throughout the South-South, South-East and different Zones of the Nation.
10. Collaboration
The Commerce Truthful is being organised in collaboration with the Calabar and Ikom Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, Nationwide Affiliation of Small and Medium Enterprise (NASME), Producers Affiliation of Nigeria (MAN), and many others, who’re anticipated and are prepared to draw a big and high quality participation from their members.
11. Inauguration of the Central Planning Committee
The Central Planning Committee (CPC) was inaugurated on the 22 of August, 2024; with membership drawn from the Authorities Paperwork, Organised Personal Sector, and Technocrats with cognate expertise within the organisation of Commerce Gala’s. The CPC has commenced actions, certainly one of which was the assembly with His Excellency the Folks’s Deputy Governor, Proper Honourable Peter Odey, in his workplace yesterday, tenth September 2024, to maintain him abreast of the extent of preparation for the honest.
12 The next sub-committees have been arrange with their Phrases of References (TOR) to help within the planning and implementation of the Commerce Truthful. The Committees embrace:
i. Contact and Mobilisation Committee
ii. Venue Committee
iii. Media/Publicity Committee
iv. Exhibition Committee
v. Safety Committee
vi. Leisure Committee and
vii. The Secretariat
The work of the assorted committees is progressing steadily.
13. Advertising and marketing of the Truthful
The advertising programme of the honest has been drawn up and we count on it to be on air after the press convention.
14. Function of the Media/Press
My pricey Associates within the pen occupation, my mission right here right this moment is to hunt your assist and complete buy-in on the 2024 Cross River Commerce Truthful undertaking. We within the Most important Organising Committee can not do it alone. We have to work collectively to showcase one of the best choices of Cross River State to the remainder of the world.
I sincerely thanks all for coming.
