Jonathan Opens Enugu Trade Fair, March 11

The President, Dr. Good luck Jonathan, is expected to declare open, the 22nd edition of the Enugu International Trade Fair.

The fair which is scheduled to start on March 11, 2011 at the permanent site of the Trade Fair Complex off Enugu Onitsha expressway, Enugu is expected to attract both local and international participants.

Making this known lsat Monday while briefing newsmen in Enugu as part of activities marking the official flag off of the promotional campaign of the 22nd Enugu International Trade Fair, President of Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines

and Agriculture, (ECCIMA), Sir Okechukwu Nwadinobi said the fair would be the 2nd fair to be staged at the Permanent site of the trade fair.

Nwadinobi stated that the fair has been packaged to be unique and spectacular, assuring that it would be successful because of the

strategic location of the permanent site and its large hectares of land, adding that the large hectares had created enough room to accommodate thousands of visitors.

According to him, ECCIMA would for the first time, introduce a Business Center for communications, word and data processing and business meetings, adding that it is expected that the center which will provide state of the art internet services would provide excellent opportunities for the press to file their stories.

He further stated that for the first time in the history of trade fair planning, the chamber had received its payment in November, adding that payments had continued to flow in.

The theme of this year’s fair is “Diversification of Our Nation’s Economy for Sustainable Developments”, expressing optimism that the re opening of Akanu Ibiam International Airport would impact positively on the trade fair.