Ibolo Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines And Agriculture has announced date for a 2-day startegic workshop in conjunction with DGI foundation, Abuja.

The program which will be held on 9th and 10th of November 2021 at Avalon hotel in Offa Kwara State is tilted: "Positioning ICCIMA for Effective Wealth Creation and Poverty Eradication in Ibololand"

While sub theme of the programme include: Mapping of the resources and comparative advantages, SWOT Analyses; Determining major areas of resource development and investment focus for the Chamber in next Four years;
Linkages, Capacity building and strengthening needs and opportunities for the Chamber and the people; De-risking of Investment Climates; and
Sustaining cohesion and expanding acceptability.

The expected partners for the program are: Technology Incubation Centre, Offa
,One Innovation Hub, Offa, Bank of Industry, Ilorin, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Ilorin, Raw Material Research and Development Agency, Ilorin
and Obelawo Centre for Entrepreneurship, Education and Leadership Development OCEELD.

The maximum number of 40 participants comprising of
members of the Executive Committee of ICCIMA, KWACCIMA and DGI, representatives of Kwara State Government and Local Governments, representatives of Ibolo Peace Parley, representatives of Programme Partners and Facilitators and representatives of Educational Institutions will be at the program.

The 2 Day strategic workshop will focus essentially on the following:

Positioning the Chamber for the challenges ahead: The need to effectively strengthen governance of the Chamber for the challenges ahead;

Linkages and partnership: The need to have a robust linkages and partnership programme especially for capacity building of the chamber and the people of Ibolo land in general;

Investment Climate De-risking: The need to de-risk the investment climate in Ibolo land and Nigeria. Indeed, there are lots of people who are ready and willing to invest but there are risks and hindrances associated with investments.

A clear roadmap: The Chamber needs a clear roadmap to provide a direction for its activities. The roadmap is to be developed during workshop.

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