Dimapur, March 11 (MExN): Advisor DUDA, LM & CP and Chairman, NIDC, Thongwang Konyak visited the Corporate Head Office of the Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC) in Dimapur, where the officers and staff accorded a warm welcome to the 32nd Chairman of the Corporation.
While addressing the NIDC employees, Thongwang said that he was happy to take over the Chairmanship of the Corporation, being an apex financial institution in the state, and would try to find new avenues for uplifting it.
He said that his tenure as Chairman of the Corporation would be short in view of the next general election of the State early in 2018. However, despite the short tenure, it would be a learning experience chairing a corporate entity and would try his best to support the Corporation. He also sought the support of all the officers and staff of the Corporation in all the endeavors.
Bendangoshi Longkumer, Managing Director, NIDC in his welcome address stated that it was very rare for the Corporation to have a Chairman in the status of a Cabinet Minister and felt that with his influence and experience a new era would be ushered in for NIDC and requested the Chairman to take up the cause of the Corporation at the highest level in the State.
CM Lotha, General Manager gave a brief overview of the Corporation’s activities. He briefed the Chairman of the past and present activities of NIDC.
A press release from the department also informed that after the brief function, Thongwang Konyak proceeded along with officials of the Corporation to Ganeshnagar to inspect the Agro & Food Processing Special Economic Zone (AFPSEZ) which was being developed by NIDC.
