Draft:NACCIMA

History
The Lagos chamber of commerce and industry pioneered the establishment of the chamber movement in Nigeria with its establishment in 1888 when Nigeria was still under British coloniel rule. The chamber movement was however slow during the era of independence in 1960. NACCIMA was incorporated in April 1960 as association of Chambers of commerce in Nigeria and the Southern Cameroons. In April 1963 it was re-named to Association of Chambers of commerce and mines of Nigeria. In 1972, it agreed to change its name to Nigerian Association Of Chambers Of Commerce, Industry, Mines And Agriculture. NACCIMA'S membership and the chamber movement in Nigeria as a whole experienced a rapid trajectory between 1978 and 2021 with a boost in the membership in all the 36 states.