NACCIMA to get its first female national president

By Naomi Uzor

THE Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, is set to get its first female national president as the 19th president of the chamber.

A statement by the Director General of NACCIMA, Barrister Emmanuel Cobham, said the chamber will, on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 hold its 57th annual general meeting with the theme: “Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria: An Impetus to Economic Recovery”, to elect a new president and national officers to run the affairs of the association for the next two years and that Iyalode Alaba Lawson will take over from Chief Dr. Bassey Edem, as the 19th and first female national president of NACCIMA.

“The annual general meeting will transact the following: receive the 2016 national  president’s annual report, receive and consider the national treasurer’s report and the audited accounts for the year ended December 31, 2016, elect officers for the year 2017/2018 and appoint Auditors. The event would climax on Thursday May 25, 2017 with the association’s annual conference to be declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari” he said.

He disclosed that the representative to ECOWAS and Regional Director, United Nations Development Organisation (UNIDO), Mr. Jean Bakole, will deliver a paper, while former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, will preside over the technical session.

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