From Isaac Ojo Awka
Anambra State yesterday held the second edition of her investment summit.
The summit which held at International Conference Center (ICC) Awka attracted investors, businessmen and women, industrialists and bankers from far and near.
In his speech at the occasion, Gov Charles Soludo noted that his administration is doing so much to reduce risk on investment in the state.
He said that the huge investment his government is committing to security is not just to secure lives alone but to protect properties and investment as well.
Gov Soludo appealed to investors from home and abroad to consider Anambra State because of the potentialities of huge returns to investment available in the state.
He reminded the attendees that Anambra is occupying a uniquely strategic position because of her geographic placement which has always made the state an investment destination.
The Anambra State governor said his administration is embarking on bankable projects so as to attract investors to the state.
President Ahmed Bola Tinubu who was represented at the occasion by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Budget and Planning, Dr Vitalis Emeka Obi likened what Gov Soludo is doing in Anambra State to what he did long time ago in Lagos State.
He commended Gov Soludo for coming up with a ground breaking investment district which according to him has the potentialities of boosting the economy of the state.
President Tinubu at the occasion presented the unique and outstanding changes his administration is bringing into governance to boost growth and development of the nation.
Kenya High Commisioner in Nigeria, the Minister of Regional Development, Dr Abubakar Momoh, Sir Emeka Offor, Dr Cosmas Maduka and other dignitaries presented speeches at the investment summit.
The highlight of the summit was the signing of MoU by Anambra State government with NNDP, NADA and other institutions and establishments.
