NIPC Assures Agric Investors Of Huge Returns

L-R: Member, Advisory Board of Business Day, Prof. Alos Albert; Head Of Department, School of Media and Communication,Pan-atlantic University, Dr Pius Onobhayedo and former Chairman, Diamond Bank Plc, Mr Pascal Dozie, at the 2013 Society and Technology Conference in Lagos, recently.

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Mrs Saratu Umar, has assured investors in the agricultural sector in Nigeria of abundant resources and huge fortunes.
She gave the assurance while receiving members of the Regional Block of Mayors and Local Government Chairmen of the Market of the Southern Corn (MERCOSUR), consisting of agricultural investors in Abuja on Monday.
The 15-member delegation is from Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina.
Umar said that potentials available in the country included ready-made market for products, with no fewer than 170 million consumers in the country, and additional population in West Africa.
She told the delegation that Nigeria had history of not having much natural disasters.
She therefore said that the investors had made the right decision by coming to Nigeria, assuring that NIPC would assist them.
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Argentina, Mr Ignatius Kaave, who led the delegation, said that the team was in Nigeria to have insight and knowledge on investment opportunities in Nigeria.
He disclosed that the team would also meet other relevant agencies, including National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Foreign Affairs Ministry and Corporate Affairs Commission.
Mr Javier Perriar, President of MERCOSUR, in his remark, said “as a team we are here to look for the people who have the same common interest that we can do business with.”