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By Jessica Ujuru
President of International Market Association Electronics, Ojo
Alaba, Lagos, Chief Camillus Amajuoyi, has explained how his
executive changed the face of the biggest electronics market in
West Africa within a year.
Speaking in an interview with Daily Sun, to mark his one year
in office, he said that with the support of his executive, founding
fathers and stakeholders, the electronics market is now wearing
a new look.
Other issues where he said the new EXCO had transformed
tremendously include security, touting, among others
Quest: Its one year since you became the president of Interna-
tional Market Association Electronics, What’s your experience
like?
Ans; Well, to be very honest with you, it is not uhuru yet. I can-
not say that I am smiling because leading human beings is one of
the hardest things in the world. The only saving grace that I have
is that I grew up through the ranks so I know how things work
here and most importantly I have the backing of the founding
fathers, stakeholders and committed and dedicated executives.
But the truth is that leadership everywhere is not a walk in the
park because there is no way you can please everybody. There
will be no way everybody will be happy with what you are doing.
Even Jesus Christ who went about doing good still had enemies.
So for me, my vision is to leave a positive legacy for the Inter-
national Market Association Electronics in particular and Alaba
International market in general.
What are the things you did in your one year in office?
Before my emergence, touts were everywhere in the market,
extorting both traders and customers. It is not only that they
were extorting traders and customers of their hard-earned mon-
ey, they were also giving the market bad name. Because of that a
lot of people were afraid of coming to Alaba. I told my executive
and the other stakeholders that we must put an end to this. I told
them that we must sanitise Alaba market and begin to do busi- ness based on international standard, but some people thought
that it would be a mission impossible because the touts have be- come so entrenched, and so powerful that getting rid of them
seemed like an impossibility.
