Lebanese emerges president of Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce
…promises to galvanise chamber to resourcefulness, innovation
NABIL AHMED SALEH, a Lebanese-born naturalised Nigerian business man last week emerged as the president of 61-year old Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA).
The new PHCCIMA helmsman takes over from the immediate past president, Emi Membere-Otaji, who served out his tenure this year.
Saleh was until his election the first deputy president of PHCCIMA. He emerged during the 61st annual general meeting (AGM) of the chamber of commerce which held at the banquet hall of the Hotel Presiden- tial in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
PHCCIMA, founded in 1957, lays claim to being Nigeria’s second largest city chamber by membership after the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
Nabil Saleh is the managing director of M-Saleh & Company Limited, an energy/ agricultural company dealing in the sales and servicing of generators, transformers, tractors, concrete mixers, waste bins, and other heavy-duty equipment.
He said, after being sworn-in as PHCCIMA’s new president for the next two years, that he is a result-driven, self-motivated, innovative and resourceful managing director, with proven ability to develop and strengthen management teams in order to maximize company profitability and proficiency. All this, he said, he would deploy at PHCCIMA in the next two years as head of the oil city’s chamber of commerce.
Originally born in Saida, Lebanon, Saleh is currently a naturalized Nigerian citizen. He said his contributions to both the economic and socio-cultural development of the society are quite visible. He has received various chieftaincy titles conferred on him by different ethnic groups in Nigeria.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, and speaks three languages (Arabic, English and basic French).
He is also the second vice chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Rivers/ Bayelsa states branch. He is member of governing board of Natioand nal Institute for Construction Technology (NICT); ex officio – NACCIMA; vice chairman SSME committee of Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA); council member, MAN national executive. He is also a member of NACCIMA in charge of Lebanese liaison office in the Niger Delta region.
Saleh is the secretary of the Lebanese community in Port Harcourt, as well as member, Port Harcourt-Lebanese Club. He is member of Areta Farm Estate Port Harcourt; member, board of directors, Lebanese-Nigeria Initiatives LTD/GTE.
Nabil Saleh was elected alongside Mike Elechi, MD/CEO, Vintage Farms Limited as the 1st deputy president; Chinyere Nwoga MD/CEO of Solozone Limited as 2nd deputy president; Tony Nwogbo, MD/ CEO of Osforce Nigeria Limited as treasurer. Others are Hanson Oriaku, MD/ CEO Custom Realities as financial secretary and Mercy Abu Bello, MD/CEO IHP Industrial Services Limited as publicity secretary.
Nabil Saleh is the managing director of M-Saleh & Company Limited, an energy and agricultural company