hajia

KATSINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

At long last KT can now boast of a registered Chamber of Commerce that can organise trade fairs and things like that. There have been loud complaints from various quarters regarding the absence of yearly trade fairs. Since the creation of the state in 1987 there has never been a trade fair comparable to the one in Kaduna. And the reason is due the absence of a registered organisation for that purpose. Its good news therefore the KT Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KTCCI) has been born and registered with CAC.

As this is a private organisation it will be interesting to know the people behind KTCCI. And that’s when you begin to be surprised. Believe it or not our good old Sani Lugard of Katsina University fame is the prime mover of the organisation.

Personally I am not surprised. After all the gentleman has built a reputation for bringing good things to KT. For thia he is one man KT people love and dislike at the same time. Love because he breaks record by bringing to KT what no one has ever brought before. For example, he spearheaded and obtained the University license and the KTCCI certificate. The dislike comes as a result of his autocratic style of management. We see that daily in his management of the University. Little wonder then that the students of the school recently heckled him.

Would he behave the same way in the KTCCI? Time will tell, but when you consider the people he would be working with, you begin to feel at ease. They include Abidu Yazid and Fatahu Abdullahi. These two both live and work in Kaduna and are astute business men. They are self made men who have succeeded in their chosen fields and therefore can not just stand and watch the kingship cop commandeer the chamber to certain death.

Let me congratulate Sani Lugard for this effort. More grease to his elbows.

Meanwhile do we brace ourselves for a befitting trade fair come next year?

# posted by hajia @ 11:26 am