Traditional rulers, business leaders and technocrats filled Trinity House in Umuezuo, Umuokrika, Ahiazu Mbaise, on Wednesday for a dinner reception in honour of a high-powered delegation of Nigeria’s commerce leaders.
)The host was Ezeji Dr. Kachi Nwoga, at his residence in Nwoga’s Compound. The guest of honour was Engr. (Dr.) Jani Ibrahim, CON, mni, FNSE, FAEng, FIoD, OON, President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA). Dr. Ibrahim also serves as President of the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI) and Vice President of the World Chamber of Commerce.
He led the delegation to Mbaise to inaugurate Dr. Jovita Ada Iroemeh as President of the Mbaise Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (MBCCIMA). Dr. Iroemeh is a business leader, exporter and advocate for women’s economic empowerment. She is widely quoted as saying, “The failure to unleash women’s potentials is one of the greatest tragedies of our time.”
Among the guests was Professor Eddie Oparaoji, Chairman of the Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR) and of the US-based Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD).
He commended Dr. Ibrahim and his team for the visit and welcomed Dr. Iroemeh to her new role, calling her a sister.
Prof. Oparaoji also thanked Ezeji Nwoga, a respected member of the MPR, for hosting what he called a high-quality reception. He then extended an offer to work with MBCCIMA toward the MPR’s vision of making Mbaise a first-world community in a developing country.
