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Participants Hail First PH Discount Market
Participants at the just – concluded 1st Port Harcourt Easter Discount Market organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA), have expressed satisfaction over the high level of success recorded in the discount market.
Some of the participants who spoke during the closing ceremony of Easter Discount Market at Isaac Boro Park, Port Harcourt, said the Discount Market had opened new vistas of business opportunities in the state.
A participants, Mrs Grace Orubo, thanked the Rivers State Government for packaging the event and urged business men and women in Rivers State to key into the vision.
Mr Orubo, also stated that the success of the Easter Discount Market has also evased every iota of doubt and assumption that business activities in that direction only flourished during Christmas season.
Another participant, Mr Victor Prince, also commended the initiatives, and stated that the awareness created has spurred intense business concern among business men and women in the state.
According to Victor Prince, “the Port Harcourt Easter Discount Market, has created a platform for traders to enlarge their business profile and next edition will record more success because both customers and traders will take advantage of the platform.
In his farewell remark, the Vice President of the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture, PHCCIMA, Dr Remy Cookey, thanked the initiators of the discount market and the participants for their acceptance of the offer.
He called for greater participation in next edition of the Discount market.