ABIA SET TO HOST BUSINESS SUMMIT

ABIA SET TO HOST BUSINESS SUMMIT

David Maduako –Umuahia

Abia State Government say all is set for the hosting of Abía Business round table talk with other businessmen round the country .

The major target is to cross pollinate ideas bordering on business collaboration with the private sector and business growth in the state and the country at large.

The Commissioner for Information Prince Okey Kanu disclosed this on Friday , at Government House Umuahia, in a joint press conference with the Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Abia State Public Private Partnership Office and Investment Promotions Office, Mr Chinedum Chijioke, organised to herald the state government’s business roundtable taking place on March 5th 2026 at the International Conference Centre Umuahia.

Prince Kanu said that the business roundtable, which would be presided over by the state Governor, Dr Alex Otti would provide a platform for the government to exchange ideas with members of the business community.

He further noted that issues that would promote businesses in Abia state and investment potential that would attract people to the state would all be discussed in the business meeting.

“The business roundtable will provide a platform for government and requisite Millennium Development Agencies MDAs to exchange ideas with members of the business community.

“It will provide them the opportunity for them to tell us what they need, and what the government has in place for the business community.

“So it promises to be a very fertile ground for exchange of ideas,” Prince Kanu stated.

Also, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Abia State Public Private Partnership Office and Investment Promotions (PPP & IP ) Office, Mr Chinedum Chijioke, said that the Abia Business Roundtable with Governor would be held by 10.00am.

He stressed that, “the idea is to create a platform for the government to engage the business community.

“A platform for the business community and the government to collaborate and address issues of common interest.

“As you may be aware, across the globe, in developing economies or in developed economies, or in economies that are doing well, the private sector drives the economy.

Mr Chijioke said that there is a need for the government to have a platform where it engages the business community to exchange ideas, address challenges.

“And by so doing, you provide the business community a platform to be part of shaping government policies as it relates to the business environment and the business climate.

“So, this, being the first of its kind in Abia, under this administration, will be a platform geared towards creating that collaborative structure for the business community to engage the government on issues of common interest, address challenges, and give them the opportunity to shape policies of the government as it relates to the business environment and economic development,” Mr Chijioke stated.
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