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MOSOP Holds Economic Summit This Year

L-R: Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Environment, Mr Taofeek Folami, Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello and his Information counterpart, Mr Lateef Ibirogba, at a briefing by Bello on the activities of the ministry in Lagos, recently.
The Movement for the
Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) is planning to hold an Ogoni Economic Investment summit this year.
The chairman, Ogoni Economic and Investment Group, Chief Mike Lube Nwidobie, who briefed newsmen on the proposed summit said that it is part of the programme of the movement to expose to the international community the various investible potentials in Ogoni.
Nwidobie said that the group was also working hard to create a conducive environment for investors and investment in Ogoniland.
According to him, MOSOP is out to create a mini Dubai in Ogoniland, stressing that the task is to bring industrialisation to the area a situation that will create employment opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths in the area thereby checking the present rural urban drift.
He further said that the development would promote cultural integration among the various segments of Ogonis as well as stimulate the spirit of competition among young Ogonis to become big players in the global business environment
According to him, young Ogoni professional in the diaspora will be attracted home to contribute towards the development of their home lands.
Nwidobie said that apart from the abundance of petroleum resource Ogoni was rich in Agriculture as well as clay for production of blocks.
He said that Ogoni also had potentials for seaports while an industrial park would be developed in the area.
He commended the MOSOP president, Mr Legbors, Piagbara for the initiative describing the inauguration of the Ogoni Economic and Investment Group as a laudable attempt for the movement to check poverty in the area.
Nwidobie urged for the support of all Ogonis to ensure the success of the project.
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