November 13, 2017
By Ijendu Iheaka
Mr Andy Obasi, the new President, Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture,(ACCIMA) said his executive would engage government with a view to reducing import tariff at the Port Harcourt Port.
Obasi said this during an interview with the our reporter in Aba on Monday.
He said the need for the engagement arose because the cost of moving goods from Lagos to Aba and its environs was impacting negatively on the cost of production.
According to him the same goes for the price of the finished goods.
The president also promised to encourage Igbo business men and women operating outside the zone to extend to or replicate their businesses in the zone to boost the economy of the zone.
He suggested the creation of ranching businesses in Abia to stop herdsmen/farmers clash in the area and Nigeria.
He said that his executive would liaise with the state government to draft policies which would help to rejuvenate businesses in Aba, the state capital and the state in general.
Obasi said Aba business environment needed industrial park to create enabling environment for the business people in the area and boost their productivity.
He called on the state government to ensure that the Ntigha Dry Port in Isiala Ngwa North would be realised to ease clearing challenges and constraints hitherto facing Aba importers.
Obasi promised to identify at least two raw materials in the area which Abia people had comparative advantage, harness and transform with value added for their benefit.
Obasi called for partnership between the government and private sector operators to advance the agricultural practices in the state to animal husbandry and processing of agricultural products.
The ACCIMA president urged the state government to consider formulating policies to encourage the use of liquefied natural gas by industries in the area, to reduce the cost of power generation.
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