Peter Uzoho
Access Bank Plc has indicated its willingness to partner the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) on the forth coming 38th and 2017 edition of the Kaduna International Trade Fair holding from February 24 to March 5, 2017.
Disclosing this at the bank’s headquarters in Lagos, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, who played host to a five-man delegation from the chamber who were on a courtesy visit to the bank, assured that the financial institution would participate at the fair.
“We do enjoy a very long personal and professional relationship with people. So for the Kaduna international Trade Fair we’ll come, we’ll participate. And I’ll definitely be present on one of the days. We’ll sponsor one of the events, either the quiz or the dinner, whichever one,” Wigwe assured.
The President of the Chamber and leader of the delegation, Dr. Muheeba F.Dankaka, had while highlighting the activities lined up for the 10-day programme said: “The theme of the fair is ‘Promoting Public-Private Partnership as Panacea for Accelerated Growth and Development.’
The opening ceremony is to hold on Saturday, February 25, 2017, while the trade fair seminar comes up on Monday, 27th February, 2017 at Conference Hall, Kaduna International Trade & Investment Center and the chairman of the occasion is former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
“Our prayer is for the bank to sponsor the quiz competition whose total cost including prizes and media coverage is put at about N2.4 million; or the farewell dinner in honour of the exhibitors of the 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair whose cost is about N2.5 million”, Dankaka added.
