MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: THE NEW OCC OFFICIALS INSTALLED THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2026 IN KINSHASA
The new agents of the Congolese Control Office-OCC were installed this Tuesday, June 9, 2026 in Kinshasa by the Secretary General for Commerce, Eugène Manga Manga, representing the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Patrice Nowa Lelo, the Director General, Pierre Lohohola Osomba and the Deputy Director General, Christelle Muabilu officially took possession of their respective chairs, at the end of the handover and recovery ceremony in which some executives and agents of this public establishment took part, which has the mission of controlling the conformity, quality, quantity and certification of everything that enters and leaves the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Secretary General for Foreign Trade, who also installed the new Administrators within the Board of Directors, insisted on the implementation of the guidelines given the day before by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, including the intensification of the construction and modernization of certified ultra-modern laboratories and the strengthening of consumer protection and the promotion of products made in DRC on the world market.
