OYCCIMA restates commitment to economic growth

The Oyo State Council of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OYCCIMA) has restated its commitment towards fostering economic growth and development in the state.

This was stated by the newly inaugurated president of OYCCIMA, Niran Adewoyin, on Wednesday during the Annual General Meeting and Investiture ceremony of the chamber in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

Adewoyin noted that OYCCIMA was committed to improving the economy of the state through advocacy to ensure that business is coming up has it supposed to be in the state.

He added that the chamber as a link between business community and the state government had previously organised workshops and trainings to teach people on new technologies and as well link up with government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) for some businessmen and women in the state to have access to funding.

The newly inaugurated president further added that also in its contribution to the growth of the state, the chamber had brought together group of business minded people through organising of international trade fairs where captains of industries, petty traders and international organisations are brought together to expose small scale business owners to investors.

“It is with all sense of humility and thanks to the almighty that I am gracefully accepting your mandate to lead OYCCIMA in the next two years,” he said.

“On behalf of myself and other members of the team for 2025/2026 and 2026/2027, I say a big thank you to you. We promise to put up our best

“As the link between Oyo state government and the business community, obviously our role is to bring the two together to see that businesses are going the way it supposed to be

“In our contribution towards the growth of economy in the state, OYYCCIMA, brings together group of business minded people through organising of international trade fairs where captains of industries, petty traders and international organisations are brought together to expose small scale business owners to investors

“In repositioning OYCCIMA for a better performance, we will embark on six-point agenda which include, general overhauling of OYCCIMA secretariat, training and retraining of chamber members,new culture of maintenance and management of Expoyo ground, hosting of Oyo state International trade fair with less dependence on Oyo state government for funding, exploiting more veritable sources of internally generated revenues and improved collection of rents on OYCCIMA shops.”

Also speaking, the outgoing president of the chamber, Dr Daniel Gbadero explained that the chamber is dedicated to improving the economy and welfare of citizens through strategic activism and collaborative efforts with governments in areas of commerce, industry, mining and agriculture.

He charged members of OYCCIMA and Nigerians in general on need to add values to themselves for the improvement of the state’s economy .

“I am immensely grateful for the opportunity given to me to lead OYCCIMA in the past twenty-three and half months.It has been quite an experience.It is crystal clear to me that for OYCCIMA to impact the state’s economy meaningfully, we must begin with ourselves and our organization deliberately and definitely seeking to incorporate value addition in all we do

“For OYCCIMA to be able to achieve lofty goal and touch lives to make significant impacts that is capable of improving the welfare of citizens through strategic, we must continue to search for ways and means by which tangible values must begin to be added to ourselves and resources.”

The event witnessed attendance of members of the OYCCIMA, Including members from the Ibadan, Oyo , Ogbomoso ,Iseyin, Otu,Saki,Kishi and Igboho  chamber.

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