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  • Telecom masts, towers constitute no health hazards — NCC

    Telecom masts, towers constitute no health hazards — NCC

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says there is no health issue surrounding telecom masts and towers mounted anywhere in the country.

    The Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this in a statement issued at the ongoing 2017 Enugu International Trade Fair on Monday.

    Danbatta said that such belief and claim were mere imagination and myth, adding, “it has no scientific base”.

    “There are some individuals who still believe that telecom masts and towers constitute health hazards to humans.

    “The commission still maintains that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has affirmed that no result of any such hazard has been established against base stations.

    “Therefore, any individual or community adducing such reasons to deny right of way to the telecom companies, and prevent them from expanding services are invariably contributing to the poor quality of service in the network,’’ he said.

    Danbatta said that NCC had been on top of its game as the telecom regulator had not done badly.

    “Recently, the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) awarded a Platinum Score to the commission for exemplary performance as an agency of government.

    “This award is an encouragement to us and we will not rest on our oars in continuing to deliver on our mandate, especially as it concerns the consumer,’’ he said.

    The Enugu International Trade Fair, which is being supported by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, is organised to showcase Nigeria’s non-oil products.

    The exhibition, which is the 28th in the series is also providing opportunity for local and foreign businesses to explore and access commercially viable markets in the South-East.

    The theme of the fair, organised by Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) is “Promoting Nigeria’s Industrial Sector and SMEs for Inclusive and Robust Economy”.

    The 10 days trade fair, which started on March 31, will end on April 10.

  • Publisher urges Ndi Igbo to invest in South-East

    Mrs Nneka Ezeemo, Managing Director, Orient Magazines, Newspapers and Communications Ltd, has appealed to Igbo sons and daughters to endeavour to bring their investments back home in order to boost development of the South-East.

    “We do not have to do everything in Lagos. There is this movement and notion within Ndi Igbo that we should bring our investment home.

    “If we really mean it, I do not see reasons why people from here must go to Lagos before they get quality print; that is why we have established a world-class printing press in the South-East, precisely in Awka, the Anambra capital.

    “Today, we have experts from outside the South-East, working and running the world-class printing press.

    “They are currently transferring knowledge to our people and expanding our local market,’’ Ezeemo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)on Monday in Enugu.

    The publisher, who also gave reasons why her firm participated in the ongoing 2017 Enugu International Trade Fair, said: “With this, we are doing what we are preaching; that is Ndi Igbo investing at home.

    “We want to focus in this region and have some national and international news to complement it.’’

    Ezeemo noted that the publishing company is aimed at capturing the South- East and South-South reading public.

    The Enugu International Trade Fair, which is being supported by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, is organised to showcase Nigeria’s non-oil products.

    The theme of the 28th edition is: “Promoting Nigeria’s Industrial Sector and SMEs for Inclusive and Robust Economy.”

    The fair which started on March 31 ends Monday, April 10.

  • SON wants Nigerians to buy certified products

    The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Friday advised Nigerians to patronise only its certified products to enable them get value for their money.
    The organisation also promised to continue to flush out substandard products.
    Its Director-General, Dr Osita Aboloma, made the call at the SON Special Day at the ongoing 2017 Enugu International Trade Fair.
    “While we warn the public of the consequences of using substandard products, we equally call on them to patronise mainly SON certified products as products that give value for money,’’ he said.
    Aboloma appealed to entrepreneurs to subscribe to the SON mandatory conformity assessment scheme for the growth of their enterprise as well as their market share.
    On export drive, the SON boss said that the agency had been working hard to ensure that all local products and farm produce met prescribed international standard and calibration.
    “The issue of rejection of our products and produce anywhere in the world is gradually becoming a thing of the past as SON is poised to make Nigerian products and farm produce the number one preferred in terms of quality and quantity specification,’’ he said.
    Rev. Ugochukwu Chime, the President, Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), thanked SON for participating in the trade fair and for stimulating economic growth in the country.
    The Enugu International Trade Fair, which is being supported by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, is organised to showcase Nigeria’s non-oil products.
    The exhibition is also providing opportunity for local and foreign businesses to explore and access commercially viable markets in the South-East.
    The theme of the 28th edition of the fair, which will end on Monday, is: “Promoting Nigeria’s Industrial Sector and SMEs for Inclusive and Robust Economy”.

  • Enugu Trade Fair: Job seekers throng fair ground

    Hundreds job-seeking artisans in Enugu and neighbouring states have thronged the Enugu International Trade Fair ahead of the commencement of the 28 Enugu International Trade on Friday.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most of the artisans spotted at the Permanent Trade Fair Complex include; carpenters, decorators, painters and electricians among others.

    A carpenter, Mr John Odo, told NAN that most of his colleagues had been contracted to build wooden exhibition stands at the fair ground.

    “I got some jobs which I am billed to finish before 10 a.m. on Friday, the opening of the fair.

    “I have called some of my colleagues to take up some of the jobs I rejected due to lack of time,’’ Odo said.

    A painter, Mr Godswill Onyekachi, said that he had not rested for two days so that he could deliver various painting contracts he collected at the fair ground.

    “As you can see, my apprentices I and are so busy and it is likely we will pass the night here to meet our contractual targets,’’ Onyekachi said.

    A decorator, Mr Obinna Amadi, noted that more exhibitors and exhibiting companies had taken to interior and exterior decoration of their stands to attract more customers.

    “I have observed that we have more jobs in this up-coming fair than previous years.

    `This development he said showed that Nigerians as well as companies participating in the fair appreciated the aesthetics- colour interior and exterior decoration- added to their stands at the fair,’’ Amadi said.

    NAN reports that the 28 Enugu International Trade Fair, which has been scheduled between March 31 and April 10, is organised by Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA).

    The theme of the fair is, “Promoting Nigeria’s Industrial Sector and SMEs for Inclusive and Robust Economy’’.

  • Enugu International Trade fair

    Enugu International Trade fair

  • Photo: Across the states

    Photo: Across the states