Kogi State Shippers Association and the Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Kogi State Chapter, working in collaboration with the Kogi Chamber and Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KOCCIMA) and M2 Global Multi Vista Resources is organizing the First Kogi State Made in Nigeria Trade and Exhibition.
The Exhibition which is scheduled to hold at the Ultra-Modern President Muhammadu Buhari Square Lokoja, between the 20th and 30th November 2022 is being supported by Nigerian Shippers Council and Kogi State Government to expose our Local Entrepreneurs, Processors and Manufacturers of Made In Kogi Products to National and International Market Places, as well as enhance their manufacturing practices through value addition to local products in order to meet International Standard and Certification.
Besides serving as windows of opportunities for our entrepreneurs to explore National and International Market Places, it will equally attract large stream of participants from Corporate Organizations and Individual Investors and Manufacturers, including Policy Makers, Businessmen and Women.
Further to the above, the exhibition will enable participants to:
Showcase the Made in Nigerian Exportable Products in Foods/Agriculture, Fashion/Textiles and Industrial Goods in the State.
2. Enable Interface of Producers and Marketers of Made in Nigeria Product.
3. Facilitate the linkage of SME Operators to Domestic and Export Market Operators.
4. Enhance Access of Local Foods /Agricultural Processors and Manufacturers of Made in Kogi Products into the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), to boost Nigeria’s share of Non-Oil Export Receipt.
5. Draw the attention of Governments to the promotion of Indigenous Products and Services in the Development of SMEs and Wealth Creation/Youth Empowerment in the state.
We therefore implore our business people and entrepreneurs to take advantage of this special leverage to broaden and deepen market capture for Made In Nigeria Products, nationally and internationally.
Chief Femi Ajisafe
Deputy President 1
Co-Chairman LOC