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The chairman of Elano Group of Companies, Chief Gomba Okanje was Tuesday inaugurated 4th President of Eleme Chambers of Commerce, Mines, Industry and Agriculture (ELCIMA).
At a special ceremony in Port Harcourt where he and other new members of the executive committee of the chamber were inaugurated, Chief Okanje promised to bring in his experience and clout to grow the Eleme Chamber of Commerce beyond where it is today.
“I can assure you that I will do everything possible within my reach to improve upon what we have done already. We will grow from strength to strength. I will strive and struggle and ensure that I grow this chamber to a level that will be internationally recognized,” he said.
Chief Okanje also appealed to government to create an enabling environment for businesses to succeed. “This is because except the government provides that enabling environment, it will be practically impossible for us to succeed in whatever we do,” he said.
Performing the inauguration on behalf of the President of the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Dr. Emi Membere, the Director General, Mr. Erasmus Chukwunda, said the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce would provide ELCIMA the needed support to become a virile and strong member of the comity of chambers of commerce in Nigeria.
The immediate past President of ELCIMA, Chief Osaro Ollorwi, listed the hosting of trade fairs, foreign business trips, conferment of awards and holding of business seminars as some of the achievements of the past executive committee.
But he regretted that most of the gains of period were eroded by security challenges, which he said had gladly been brought under control by the Governor Nyesom Wike administration in Rivers State and the new local government chairman, Mr. Philip Okparaji.
Goodwill messages were presented by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the Institute of Export a Operations and Management and Wider Perspectives Limited, a firm of management consultants.
Other members of the newly inaugurated ELCIMA executive committee are Chief Greg Ollor, Vice-President and Dr Obarijima Osaronu, Treasurer and Matthew Osaronwaji and Executive Secretary.
