ECCIMA: 18th President, Onyemelukwe, pledges better business visibility

The newly elected 18th President of the Enugu Chamber of Commence, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA, Mr. Nnayelugo Onyemelukwe has pledged to create better visibility for the businesses of members of the chamber.

He also pledged to engage on more membership drive into the chamber to grow their businesses by bringing them into active business groups.

“We intend to visit our members and give them absolute visibility to the world by getting their businesses included in our website in a manner that they will be listed.

“We will activate the website in such a way that the information concerning our businesses can easily be accessed all around the world,” he said.

Onyemelukwe made the pledges shortly after being sworn in after his election in the 52nd Annual General Meeting of the Chamber in Enugu, on Thursday.

Prio to his election, Nnayelugo was the 1st Deputy President of ECCIMA and will serve as it's 18th President in the next two years.

Onyemelukwe who replaced the outgone President, Sir Odeiga Jideonwo, was elected unopposed during the AGM meeting.

The outgone President, Jideonwo, had announced that the 37th edition of Enugu International Trade Fair would begin from March 21 to March 30, 2026, with the theme “Empowering MSMEs for Global Competitiveness”.

Declaring the AGM meeting open, earlier, Gov. Peter Mbah, represented by the by the state Commissioner for Commence, Investment and Industry, Dr. Sam Nwobodo, urged ECCIMA and the business community to continue to support the state to do more.

“I urge you to continue to support the Enugu State Government because government will listen where there can be changes. With your cooperation, we shall continue to achieve better as a government,” he appealed.