States To Woo Global Investors in London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi

Nigeria’s subnational governments are acceptable to embark connected a planetary concern thrust crossed London, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, arsenic portion of efforts to pull overseas superior and deepen intra-African commercialized nether the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.

The initiative, jointly anchored by Woodhall Capital and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), was announced connected Friday astatine the Pre-Investors Forum connected Intra-African Trade and Investment held astatine the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Held nether the taxable “Facilitating Intra-African Trade: Unlocking the Potential of African Direct Investments (ADI) and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to Drive Trade and Sustainable Growth,”the Pre-Investor Forum spotlighted however Nigeria’s subnational governments tin enactment arsenic anchors for determination economical integration nether the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Delivering her keynote address, the President of Woodhall Capital, Mrs. Mojisola Hunponu-Wusu, said the forthcoming planetary concern forums were designed to link Nigerian states straight with financiers, investors, and improvement partners anxious to enactment successful the country’s adjacent signifier of economical transformation.

She said the concern with the NGF marked “a deliberate and strategical measurement to reposition Nigeria’s subnational governments arsenic anchors of investment, trade, and development.”

“This forum is not simply a conversation; it is simply a span — connecting argumentation with capital, Nigeria with the world, and imaginativeness with measurable impact,” Hunponu-Wusu stated.

She commended the medication of President Tinubu for the bold economical reforms that person restored capitalist confidence, citing the liberalisation of the overseas speech market, unification of speech rates, and the strengthening of the home superior markets arsenic landmark policies driving renewed planetary involvement successful Nigeria.

“The liberalisation of the forex marketplace and different macroeconomic reforms are catalytic policies that person redefined Nigeria’s concern scenery and positioned the state arsenic a credible and competitory destination,” she added.

Hunponu-Wusu expressed appreciation to Afreximbank for its “instrumental role” successful supporting subnational development, describing the Bank arsenic a “cornerstone of Africa’s economical transformation.”