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Exhibitors
By Blessing Odeda
Jos, Oct. 20, 2016 (NAN) Mrs Bolcit Barshep, The Managing Director, Anista Marketing and Events Ltd., organisers of the 2016 Jos Trade Fair, said that 700 exhibitors had so far been registered.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fair was organised in collaboration with the Plateau Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PLACCIMA).
She disclosed this in an interview with NAN on the sideline of the official opening ceremony of the fair on Thursday in Jos.
Barshep said that the exhibitors were from within and outside the country.
“We have so far registered 700 exhibitors from different parts of the country and we also have exhibitors from Pakistan, India, Egypt and from other West African countries.
“This has a multiplier effect as most hotels and guest houses in the state capital are fully booked and most of these exhibitors have hired the services of our youths.
“This will no doubt boost the Internally Generated revenue of the state,” she said.
She said that since the beginning of the fair on Oct. 18, it had so far recorded an influx of 20, 000 persons during the day and at night 40,000 to 50, 000 daily.
Barshep attributed the huge influx of people at night to live musicals from popular and upcoming artists in the country.
She said that the large turnout of exhibitors was a clear indication of the existing peace on the Plateau.
The managing director thanked the Plateau Government for availing the company the opportunity to organise the fair, adding that the last trade fair in the state was last held in 2010.
Gov. Simon Lalong, who was represented by his Deputy, Sonny Tyoden, assured investors at the fair, that the state government was willing to work out incentives to attract the establishment of industries and businesses in the state.
He said that the state had put in place tax incentives to attract investors to the state.
“The government is also ready to work out other peculiar conditions under a Memorandum of Understanding that will be peculiar to any type of investment,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2016 trade fair began on Oct. 18. (NAN)
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(Edited by Joseph Edeh/Adeleye Ajayi)
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