“Investors from all over the world are falling over themselves to come and do business in Nigeria”, said President Muhammadu Buhari in his recent National Day address to Nigerians. I know this to be true.
Since my arrival in Abuja last month as China’s new Ambassador to Nigeria, I have been flooded with both active and prospective Chinese investors from Beijing and beyond; including the president of China-Africa Development Fund, the Chairman of the Overseas Investment Union of the Investment Association of China, the Chairman of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd. (CCECC), the CEO of CGCOC Overseas Construction Group (CGCOC), the president of Star Times, the CEO of TIDFORE Group, to name just a few. Also impressive is the enthusiasm and optimism the local Chinese business community have shown when I meet and greet them.
Their core message to me is loud and clear: the potential of a mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Nigeria is enormous and they want to invest more in Nigeria, be it in agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructural development or other fields.
Since my arrival in Abuja last month as China’s new Ambassador to Nigeria, I have been flooded with both active and prospective Chinese investors from Beijing and beyond; including the president of China-Africa Development Fund, the Chairman of the Overseas Investment Union of the Investment Association of China, the Chairman of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd. (CCECC), the CEO of CGCOC Overseas Construction Group (CGCOC), the president of Star Times, the CEO of TIDFORE Group, to name just a few. Also impressive is the enthusiasm and optimism the local Chinese business community have shown when I meet and greet them.
Their core message to me is loud and clear: the potential of a mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Nigeria is enormous and they want to invest more in Nigeria, be it in agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructural development or other fields.
Dr Zhou Pingjian.
The “Made in Nigeria” project will go a long way for Nigeria and will go strong, while an initiative of “Made in Nigeria-with China” might also help.
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