Matlub set to become FBCCI president

Abdul Matlub Ahmad

Nitol Niloy Group Chairman Abdul Matlub Ahmad looks all set to become the next president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Unnayan Parishad, led by Matlub, bagged the majority of the directorial posts in the biennial election to the apex trade body held at its office in Dhaka on Saturday.

Matlub's panel won 12 out of 16 director posts from the chamber group, and 13 out of 16 from the association group.

Shadhinota Babosayee Parishad, led by incumbent First Vice-President Monowara Hakim Ali, grabbed four director posts from the chamber group, while Baboshayee Oikya Parishad led by Syed Moazzam Hossain, Kazi Ertaza Hassan and Shafquat Haider bagged three posts from the association group.

Lawmaker M Ali Ashraf, who conducted the polls as the election commissioner, announced the primary results yesterday. Voter turnout at the election for years 2015-16 and 2016-17 was 88.47 percent.Md Aminul Hoque Shamim, representing Mymensingh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, bagged the highest 335 votes contesting the election under the umbrella of Unnayan Parishad.

Md Helal Uddin of Maize Association of Bangladesh grabbed the highest 1,093 votes from the association group under the same banner.

This year, 63 candidates contested the election, of which 30 vied from the chamber group and the rest from the association group.

However, 10 directors from leading chambers and another 10 directors from leading associations have already been nominated as directors of the FBCCI as per rules.

The elected and nominated directors will choose the president, first vice-president and vice-president to form the 52-member executive committee of the FBCCI today.

As per rules, the president and vice-president would be picked from the chamber group, and the first vice-president from the association group.