Odu’a is a conglomerate of the six States (Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti) in South-West Nigeria. Staging the Odu’a International Trade Fair was as a result of the Federal Government’s approval in 2006 to organize an International Trade Fair (with focus on Agriculture and Natural Resources) in Ibadan, the traditional capital of the South-West. The first three (3) previous editions were held in 2006, 2007 and 2014 respectively.
This year’s revitalised event is being organized together with the major stakeholders in the regional economic development, viz: Odu’a Group of Companies, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) and House of Oodua (Ooni of Ife), in conjunction with the State Chambers of Commerce (Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry LCCI, Ogun State Council of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture OGUNCCIMA, Ondo State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture ONDOCCIMA, Oyo State Council of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture OYCCIMA, Osun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture OSUCCIMA and Ekiti State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture EKICCIMA) and Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture NACCIMA, Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) and Nigeria Employers Consultative Assembly (NECA).
Focus will be on recent developments in the Global and National economy such as AfCTFA, Climate Change, SMART Agriculture and Solid Mineral development.
Some of the fair’s strategic partners are:
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dangote Group, Netherlands Embassy, Afe Babalola University, NIJI Group, Wema Bank, Organization for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa, National Horticultural Research Institute, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Segilola Resources Operating Limited, Nigerian Breweries, Ile-Oluji Cocoa, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, International Breweries, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Corporate Affairs Commission, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria and others.
Some of our Media Partners include:
PUNCH, TRIBUNE, Nigerian Television Authority, Federal Radio Corporations of Nigeria, The City 105.1 FM, Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, Orange FM Radio, Splash FM, OSBC Radio, Our People’s FM and others.