The Newly
emerged President, Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) Mr. M.O Abolarinwa has
said that the Association would be repositioned to achieve economic
competiveness and wealth creation for the stakeholders in the country. Mr.
Bolarinwa made this promise during his acceptance speech on behalf of other
executives, last week at Ilorin, Kwara State.
Abolarinwa
who could not hide his resentment on the way and manner the association has
been run in the past promised that the next election would be better organised, adding that repositioning is inevitable for global effective operation.
In his
speech he said that ‘’ i am humbled that the people elected me unopposed today
as the president to lead the cocoa association of Nigeria in the next four
years. I accept the mandate you have given to me and understand that its
bestows a honour and scared obligation on me’’
‘’ i thank and commend all those who supported
and contributed to my emergence as the president of this great association. You
exerted yourself not just for me, but because you believe in my vision and
ability to take Cocoa Association of Nigeria to the next level. My special
thanks to Dr. Victor Iyama for his unalloyed commitment towards the sustenance
and progress of the Association’’
‘’ I will
offer an open- door administration and will keep to this promise. In addition,
i reiterate my commitment to acting as an impartial, objective and open
facilitator to all members of the Association’’
In my
resolve to upscale the services of the Association, i have decided to hit the
ground running and set five cardinal objectives as follows:
(i)
Repositioning of the CAN along the value chains stakeholders.
(ii)
Promotion of Nigeria cocoa quality in the international
market to the old good days of excellent quality control
(iii)
Transformation of the Nigeria cocoa economic sector through
mass production and value addition
(iv)
Working in tandem with the Government policy of encouraging
cocoa producers to take cocoa production from agricultural practice
agricbusiness
(v)
Collaboration with the Government and the cocoa economic
stakeholders to reduce the risk management along the cocoa value chains
farmers, LBA, Exporter and the processors.
Abolarinwa
is an exporter of cocoa with a vast experience in the cocoa productivity along
all the value chains and it is expected that all the experiences will be brought
to bear according to majority stakeholders who nominated him. He took over from
Mr. Sayina Riman.
All
nominated executives under the supervision of CAN Board of Trustee (BOT)
chairman, Dr. Victor Iyama with the FMITI officials as observers were all given
certificate of office.
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