The governments of the United States, China and South Korea today in Lagos canvassed Igbo business men and women to do business with their respective countries.
The foreign countries representatives who laboured to convince the traders assured them of fair treatment and unmatched support services in the course of transacting businesses.
They made the call at the 2015 South East Business Investment Summit held at the National Theatre in Lagos. The summit was organized by the Imo State Government Liaison Office Lagos.
The theme of this year’s summit is “Building Wealth Through Sustainable Business Development and Best Trading Practices”.
Brian McCleary, Commercial Counselor at the US Mission to Nigeria who represented the United States at the summit informed the hundreds of Igbo traders of enormous opportunities to explored in America adding that the doors of the Government of America were always open to support genuine business in Nigeria.
In the same vein, Liu Kan, the Consul-General of China boasted of the growth of China in recent decades. He stressed that the China remained the best economic world power to do business with. Kan urged the businessmen to visit China embassy to find out the support services available.
The chairman of the occasion, Prof Pat Utomi charged the businessmen to place huge premium on learning. He observed that the global business environment is fast changing adding that constant learning is key to survival in the global business arena.
Also buttressing the points made by the chairman, the guest speaker, Dr. Cosmas Maduka told the business people to always have delayed gratification in order for their business to grow.
He told a story of how he grew a conglomerate with just to N200 in 1976 to an empire worth N50billion in shareholders’capital today.
According to the founder of Coscharis Group of Companies, integrity and vision are part of his secret of success.
