God Owned Business Forum (GBF), a nonprofit, nongovernment organisation as well as an association of companies and businesses managed by God’s people was formally inaugurated in Lagos at the week end.
Justifying the establishment of GBF, which is the brainchild of Professor Chris Onalo, he said, it is becomes necessary to build a crop of businessmen and businesswomen, who set stores for the ideals and ideas of integrity, transparency, honesty.
Citing Isaiah 48: 17, Onalo, who is the founding Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Credit Administration (ICA), said the essence of the GBF is for businessmen and women to allow God to rule their lives.
While reeling out the cardinal objectives of the Forum, Onalo said: “The Forum hopes to serve as official business networking association for all companies owned and managed by bible practicing Christians whose life styles truly reflect the word and way of God, whose business success and strength is derived from the practice of faith in the word of God.”
“We’re a faith-based, bible-believing organisation whose mission is to grow the business of its members as its business and to have them comply with God’s laws for the attainment of good business success, as well as full observance of the laws of man. We seek to inspire our members to conduct their businesses and their business lives in the context of God’s glory and purpose.”
Besides, he said, the Forum would: “Serve as nationally recognised, prestigious Christian business networking association who solely depends on God’s words for business growth combined with fervent prayers that moves God’s hand in favour of good business practices in Nigeria and the world.
“We seek to play advocacy role of opposing or supporting economic, business, social and political matters, policies or legislations that affect business and the interest of our members and their businesses.
“We seek to inform and educate our members with hat which concerns them legally, economically and spiritually within the spheres of business and eternal life.
“We seek to promote, motivate and grow our member’s businesses and foster business relationships through constant networking events, programmes and multimedia communications via the institution of relevant programmes capable of growing our members’ business as regularly as annually, monthly or weekly.”
GBF, Onalo stressed, would serve as Nigeria’s most reputable trade promotion forum for members, committed to organising business management seminars and discussions during business networking and matchmakings, all of which make the forum a comprehensive energy source of business growth.”
Onalo while assuring that the membership of the Forum is open to Christians and non-Christians who are men and women of faith, hinted of plans to rollout a calendar of events lined up for the Forum in the coming weeks.