The Government of Illinois, U.S.A has implemented an Inbound Trade mission to Nigeria from Wednesday, March 13th to Friday, March 15th, 2024.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Acting Director-General of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce Mr. Wofai Samuel.
The Mission was organized by the Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunities, Office of Trade and Investment, Government of Illinois, and supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Aimed at promoting two-way trade between Nigeria and the State of Illinois, the mission identifying sales representatives for goods, services, and products produced in Illinois, Introduce Goods, Services, and Products from Illinois market to the Nigerian Market, and overall networking with strategic persons across Government, the United States Diplomatic Community, and the Business Communities in Nigeria.
President of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, Dame Adebola Williams, KJW was in attendance of the event.
The Market briefing by the Commercial Section of the United States Mission in Nigeria, featured presentations from:
- Counselor for Commercial Affairs, Julie Marie-LeBlanc.
- Commercial Attache’, Blake Murray.
- Senior Commercial Specialist, Ngozi Nkwoh; and
- Commercial Specialist – Chamberlain Eke.
Also in attendance of the event was Sam Ntum, Senior International Trade Specialist (Africa), Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Assistant Director, Illinois Office of Trade & Investment, Lauro Arias.
Illinois is home to more than 2,000 foreign owned and run businesses, which would make it the 18th largest economy in the World if it Illinois was a country.
Nigeria remains Africa’s largest economic market and the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce continues to be a credible channel for deepening U.S. Nigeria Trade Ties.
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