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Lalong Explores Investment Opportunities In Kenya For Northern States
The Chairman, Northern Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, is currently on an investment exploration mission to Kenya, a government statement has said.
The statement, signed by Lalong’s Director of Press, Dr Simon Macham, was made available to The Tide’s source in Jos yesterday.
It said the chairman of the NGF arrived Nairobi on Sunday for a peer review meeting with the Kenyan Council of Governors.
The statement further said that Lalong would use the opportunity of the visit to explore areas of collaboration and investment opportunities for northern states.
It said that Lalong had already met with the Chairman, Kenyan Council of Governors, Wycliffe Ambesta Oparanga, and exchanged ideas on available mutual investment opportunities.
According to the statement, Lalong will meet other governors to discuss investment partnerships in the areas of tourism development, agriculture, city management and revenue generation.
“He will also use the visit to interface with investors on the forthcoming Plateau Economic and Investment Summit,” the statement added.
It said that Plateau and some northern states share some common interests with Kenya in terms of athletics, tourist attractions, clement weather and vast agricultural potentials.
“So there will be business discussions on tea farming and production, flower production and mining,” it said.