CAN repositioning top our priority says the new president

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.