UNIC CLUB ATTENDS CANADIAN COUNCIL ON AFRICA
SEMINAR / WORKSHOP IN TORONTO
MYTHS & REALITY OF DOING BUSINESS IN NIFGERIA
Toronto, Feb 6,
Left Canadian ambassador to Nigeria, Unic president on your right
(Toronto, Heritage Building, Bay Street) -The Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica)
in collaboration with the Nigeria High Commission in Canada and Nigerian
Business Community held a one day
Seminar/workshop on doing business in Nigeria. The seminar was attended by the
Nigerian high commissioner to Canada, Olufemi .O. George and his counterpart,
the Canadian high commissioner to
Nigeria, Mr. David Angell. Among the attendance were leaders of the Nigerian
business community, notable among them were Pro. Isa Odidi, Unic Club
representatives and Canadian business elites.
The seminar was held in the heart of Toronto's business arena, Bay Street. By
07.30am, the hall was already packed with delegates from various
business/corporate both within and outside Canada. The
seminar started approximately 8.30 am with a light breakfast. There were several
speakers including the two ambassadors who gave speeches about the myth and
reality of doing business in Nigeria.
All the speakers alluded to the fact that Nigeria is a booming market with the
human resources that is in need of transnational enterprise. With well over 120
million populations, Nigeria is the centre of economies in Africa and among the
top ten oil producing countries in the world.
In addition, the need for caution was raised as a proactive measure for all the
business that would be willing to invest and do business in Nigerian. Mr.
Franklin Omoruna, president of the Unic Club who
lead a five member team to the seminar appealed to the delegates to utilize the
expertise of the Nigerian/Canadian in Toronto as a tools and guild to do
business in Nigeria. He called on all the delegates to familiarize themselves
with organizations like the Unic Club of Canada and the Nigerian Canadian
association in a bid to tap on its resource that would aid the smooth transition
of transnational business into the Nigerian market.
The hall which was slated to hold 50 delegates was later re-adjusted to
accommodate delegates who defied the cold windy winter morning. Participants in
attendance came from a wide range corporate like Pharmaceutics, Health, Business
Development, Communications, IT, Oil & Gas, and Franchising, Microsoft and
government representatives. The seminar breaks for lunch at 12.45 pm and
reconvened again at 1.15 pm till around 5.00 pm.
Emma Aigbedion
PRO, Unic Club of Canada, Toronto
UNIC CLUB OF TORONTO CANADA