The State Governor Rt. Hon. Barr. Simon Lalong on 13th July, 2016 hosted
the Plateau Business Community to a state Banquet held at the Banquet
hall New Government house, Rayfield Jos.
At the meeting, business opportunities, strategies and investment
plans were discussed with various stakeholders both from within and
outside the state.
The occasion was well attended by Business leaders, investors, masters of Industries, commissioners, commerce and industry representatives, civil servants and the core of plateau business community thereby highlighting the immense
business potential of Plateau state.
Notable amongst the attendees were –
Amb Yahaya Kwande, Elder Bulus Dareng, Prof. Sunny Tyoden, Mr Ezekiel
Gomos etc.
Speaking at the Occasion were – Honorable Ezikiel Daju Commissioner for Commerce, Elder Bulus Dareng – President PLACCIMA, Chief Jonathan Onigbinde – National Vice President MAN, Alh. Mohamed Sambo – Executive Director Bank of Agriculture, Mr Ezekiel Gomos Director of the Jos Business School (Initiator of the Business Dinner) and Anita Malum as Anchor for the Occasion.
High Point at the Occasion, was a formal introduction of the 2016 Jos Trade fair to the business community and a presentation of the Trade Fair Brochure to the State Governor Rt. Hon. Barr. Simon Lalong, who later in his speech said “He Looks Forward to the successful hosting of the Jos Trade Fair by October 2016”
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| Elder Bulus Dareng presents the Jos Trade Fair Brochure to Governor Lalong |
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| Governor Lalong with a copy of the Jos Trade Fair Brochure |
The banquet is part of Governor Lalong’s efforts at diversifying the
economy of Plateau state from its current dependence on federal
government handouts (i.e, subvention), on to other areas of revenue
generation.
Governor Lalong stated to
the business community that “Plateau state is open for business” and
that the government will put in place business friendly policies which
will enable the small start up businesses to thrive.
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| Rt. Hon. Barr. Simon Lalong addressing the buss. community |
He cited his visits to China as evidence of his commitment to tap on
the immense potential of opportunities in Plateau and called on all
investors to get in contact with his government on areas of interest. He
enumerated opportunities already compiled by PIPC (the investment
limited liability company) of the state.
This rallying call to investors is similar to the efforts of the
Lalong administration to re-focus Plateau citizens onto agriculture and
already several several policies and projects are being put in place to
make that happen.
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