The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is targeting at least a million visitors to the forthcoming yearly Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF).
Chair of the Trade Promotion Board, LCCI, Abimbola Olashore, stated this recently at a media parley held in the State’s ahead of the fair.
The 39th edition of the yearly trade fair will be held from November 7 to November 16 at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on Lagos Island. .
Olashore said the 10-day fair, which usually records an average of 350,000 visitors and over 2,000 exhibitors, has already attracted significant interest.
“The 2024 edition featured participants from 15 countries, but this year’s promises to be bigger. While our exhibitors have surpassed this figure this year by expression of interest, you would have noticed that we started our social media campaign since April so that we can hit our target of a million visitors at the fair.
“The uniqueness of this year’s fair is the birth of more professional fairs such as the African International Chocolate Show Lagos, organised by International Cocoa Diplomacy (ICD) and the International Paper Publishing and Printing Expo (IPPPEX),” he said.
Olashore also announced a partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to mark the regional body’s 50th anniversary at the fair. He noted that since its establishment in 1975, ECOWAS had championed regional integration and trade facilitation through policies such as the trade liberalisation scheme.
He said marking ECOWAS at 50 within Africa’s largest consumer market offered visibility for the body and reinforced its leadership in advancing intra-African trade and economic cooperation.
Olashore listed other activities at the fair to include multiple specialised fairs, children’s corner, a tech hub, an Africa Hall, United Asia International Exhibition, Japan External Trade Organisation, a Women’s Day and a Black Friday among other attractions.
Olashore informed that entry into the fair would be free for the entire 10-day period. He stated the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, would be present while President Bola Tinubu would formally declare the fair open.
- Media Report