Onitsha (Anambra) -The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce has urged South East governors to show greater commitment to export promotion.
Speaking on the need to change the trend of business from import to export in the South East in Onitsha on Wednesday, the new President of the chamber, Mr Uchenna Apakama, said that the export of agro-allied produce held the future for the economic prosperity of the zone.
Apakama noted that the governors should involve the organised private sector in all its export programme for the people to take ownership of such programmes.
“To fast-track the growth and development of non-oil export business in the South East zone, we urge all the state governments to quickly revive, empower and strengthen their various state committees on export.
“In many states of the federation, their committees on export have successfully facilitated the growth of non-oil export business that runs into billions of naira.
“The nature of this export committees – made up of relevant government officials and the private sector, is sine qua non for state’s success in export business,’’Apakama said.
He urged the Anambra government to leverage on the structure of the three chambers of commerce in the state to draft its policies and legislation.
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He called on the government to include members of the chambers in government trade and bilateral delegations to expand businesses in the state.
“As a step toward strengthening Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, we urge Gov. Willie Obiano to assist the chamber to take full possession of its permanent trade fair on the Onitsha-Enugu expressway.
“This will facilitate a better realisation of the state government’s four-point-development agenda, as they relate to business and the organised private sector enterprise development,’’ he said. (NAN)
