Top officials of MITC including the Chief Servant, Evang. Dr. Emmanuel Ezeani, BoT Chairman, Chief Onuorah Ebeledike and other personalities during the MUTA Thanksgiving fellowship held on December 2nd, 2025. Photos: Business Hilights
Dear distingished and respectful members of the Mandilas International Trade Center (MITC), I welcome you to the land of milk and honey where God is raising men and women as millionaires and soldiers of our time.
We are today, opening for business in the tear 2026 first and foremost I want to say thank you to our God the king of glory for his faithfulness and love by which he led us to our respective journey’s and brought us back safely for us to start our business.
It is not man’s effort or power but the grace of God that work. I want to sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart and say thank you to all faithful members of Mandilas International Trade Center.
You have been wonderful and you are just the best. For how wonderful you have carried out your activities within the past year under review, and as we step into the New Year, I pray God that the year 2026 will be the best we have ever seen. As we walk into this year, things will fall in pleasant place for everybody.
As I thank you for your wonderful corporation as experienced in 2025 and much more hopeful that 2026 will be sincerely and greatly exceptional because I know that to whom much is given much is expected.
Mandilas International Trade Center is the land of milk and honey and as all of us will continue to embark in the harvesting of the abundant blessing that the Lord has put for us. My prayer is that every man’s door shall be open and the blessing that the Lord has prepared will locate the every person. I want to say that the light in 2025 was good but as much as I want to say I am very hopeful and very optimistic that 2026 will be wonderful and it cannot be wonderful without your usual cooperation.
It will not be wonderful without your usual contribution. So, I want to say that this year, it is my desire for us to go to a greater height. I wouldn’t want to say next level but I want us to go to the greater height in the area of our customer relationship. As of today, I know that West African Traders are coming into our complex. They don’t just show in, they come in with a full intention of coming to buy from us well prepared from their country and this year my plan and program are that Africa would discover us as the hub of fashion especially at the hall of men, ladies bags and wears and any other thing other business that we are doing.
I know as at today, people are coming from other neighboring countries of Africa to buy bags from us and I want to say that my plan and program this year is for how we can expand and reach to the further part of African countries that will be coming purposely to buy their goods from us.
I believe that we have reached almost all the states in the federation. So our next target is to make sure that we cover Africa; that Africa will begin to see, hear as we go to China to buy, Africa will come to Mandilas and buy from us.
That is the next plan and the next program that is being harnessed to be executed and I want to say that whoever have an idea on how we can do it faster; my door as usual, is open for all to come and give their suggestion on how we can reach Africa.
I want Mandilas to be the bus stop of other African countries as we go to China to buy, I want them to come to Mandilas and buy and go to their country and I know that will work because with God, all things are possible.

I equally want to give a number of thanks to the ED of International Trade Fair Management Board, Dr Barr. Vera Ndanusa. She is a God sent to the complex and she is doing exceptionally well.
Mandilas can attest that she has written her name in gold in Trade Fair Complex. The foot print she has left on the sand cannot be wiped because of the legacy that she is putting in place. So as we journey in this year, I pray to God that he will start with us that we shall see that end of 2026.
2026 will not see our end, the success we had in 2025, will be nothing to compare with what we are going to experience in 2026 because doors shall open and blessings shall pour into our lives like never before.
Once again, I want to say a big thank you to all the wonderful members of Mandilas International Trade Center. I am proud of you, you have continued to make me proud and by the grace of God, in my own little way, I will continue to do my best to make sure that your desires and all you expect of a leader is provided according to our resources.
I will continue to deliver them to the best of my abilities by the grace of God may God bless us as we journey into year 2026. May lines roll in pleasant places for us.
May the glory of God the father, the son and the Holy Spirit continue to abide with us all, amen.
Thank you,
Evang. Dr. Emmanuel Ezeani,
President, MITC, Lagos International Trade Fair complex.
