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RSG Seeks Private Sector Collaboration In Economic Dev
The Rivers State Government has called on the organised private sector (OPS) to collaborate with the state government in order to increase economic growth and brace up the economy.
The Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr Chuma Chinye made the call in a meeting with the OPS in Port Harcourt recently.
He said the state government is seeking the hand of OPS members in a quarterly business roundtable meeting with the Governor to enable it produce investment manual.
Chinye noted that the outcome of the meeting is expected to proffer solutions for the continuity of the discount market and as well produce the state’s Business Directory/Yellow Pages.
He urged the OPS to actively participate in the quarterly business round table, adding that they should also advertise in the state’s Business Directory/Yellow Pages.
The commissioner hinted that the state executive council has given its nod to the production of the state’s investment manual in both hard and soft copies.
The development as The Tide learns, will showcase investment opportunities in the state and as well, address other issues relating to commerce and industry.
According to him, the document will also enhance investment and facilitate industrial growth in the state.
Furthermore, he has tasked the OPS to collaborate with his ministry to sustain the discount market, while saying that it ought to be a permanent market and not seasonal.
In his response, the president of Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA), Mr Emeka Unachukwu, said that the OPS is always ready to support government policies and programmes targeted to enhance business and overall development in the state.
He has also promised to participate in the quarterly Business Roundtable with the governor, while thanking the commissioner over the initiatives.
The OPS includes PHCCIMA, Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industries (NASSI), and the Nigeria Employee Consultative Assembly (NECA).