The Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday at the ongoing 2014 GITEX
Technology Week in World Trade Center, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
reaffirmed readiness to offer investors’ a continuous friendly environment to
conduct their businesses, reports ITRealms.
This was the position of the Director-General of the
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Dr. Peter Jack, when
he reassured participants at the Nigerian ICT Investment Forum’s day at the
GITEX 2014 tagged “Invest in Nigeria: The Gateway to Africa” of government
readiness to ensure enabling business environment for foreign investors,
especially in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
Presenting the Nigeria’s position paper to participants at
the forum, the chief executive officer Alteq.ict, Dr. Armstrong Takang,
declared that despite the seeming challenges Nigeria is facing like other
countries of the world, there has been a continuous progress.
“We are making a lot of progress from what we are 15 years
ago,” Dr. Armstrong said, stressing that the a lot more of Foreign Direct
Investments are coming into Nigeria.
According to him, Nigeria has a young group of individual
who are gearing up to impact on the world.
He pointed out that the recent rebasing of the Nigeria’s Gross
Domestic Product of the economy has shown that the exercise was real.
Nigeria, he emphasized comprised about 60 per cent of the
Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) region.
The duo of James Ebuetse, a director of the Nigerian
Investment Promotion Commission and Managing Director of the Nigeria Export
Processing Zones Authority, Mr. Gbenga Kuye, added their voices to the efforts
of the Federal Government to making the investing environment an attractive
one.
The forum was attended by potential investors and members of the NITDA board led by Dr. Tosin Ajayi in attendance as well as Dr. Olaopa, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communication Technology, who stood in for his Minister, Dr. Mrs. Omobola Johnson.
The forum was attended by potential investors and members of the NITDA board led by Dr. Tosin Ajayi in attendance as well as Dr. Olaopa, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communication Technology, who stood in for his Minister, Dr. Mrs. Omobola Johnson.
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