The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo will on Monday
pay a one-day official visit to Niger State. He will be joined by former
President, Olusegun Obasanjo, immediate past military head of state, General
Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar and Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to flag off Niger
State Investment Summit holding in Minna, the Niger state capital.
The two day summit tagged, “Truly Niger” with the theme,
“Impact Investing for Advancing Agricultural Economy and Innovation,” is
packaged to sell the state to local and international investment community and
to showcase her potentials in agriculture and solid mineral resources, tourism,
sports and others.
The summit will provide platform where the impact investment
community can share ideas, connect and network, create new opportunities for
developing the market and creating new opportunities for impact investing as
well as to market the state as a unique, friendly and peaceful business and
investment destination.
Governor Sani Bello who will be joined by other state
governors will present a paper titled, ” Uncovering Niger State – The State,
the Strategy and Investor Information” while the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad
Muhammadu Abubakar, Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar and Alhaji Aliko Dangote
are also to give good will messages at the summit.
Also Minister of State, Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, her counterpart in the Ministry of Budget
and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Mr. Uche Orji, Chief Executive
Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Barrister Maryam Uwais,
Presidential Special Adviser on Social Protection Plan and Alhaji Ibrahim
Bagudu Shettima, a former deputy director of Central Bank of Nugeria are to
discuss “Investment Promotion in Challenging Economic Times”.
Senior Special Assistant to the President, Industry, Trade
and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole will look at the “Ease of doing business in
Nigeria.”
The Niger State Government will during the summit be signing
a Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)with Dangote Group for the start up of
some exciting investments driven by the group and Metropolitan Motors for the
setting up of an auto assembly and service plant in the state along with others.
By Adeyemi David
