NDDIS IS A PLATFORM FOR POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN NIGERIA BY AWWAL

DAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS Thursday 9th December, 2017

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NDDIS IS A PLATFORM FOR POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN NIGERIA Written by Dauda Awwal,UK I support NDDIS-Abike Dabiri The NDDIS was established to help Nigerians in Diaspora-Dabiri

Hon.Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora

NDDIS BUSINESS CLUB It’s a network to encourage investment, business partnership, enterprise and creation of sustainable jobs in Nigeria. There is a great opportunity for Nigerian Business Professionals to stimulate businesses between companies in the United Kingdom and Diaspora.

Leaders of NDDIS and British African Business Alliance, Nigeria High Commission and Nigerian Government supports the initiative of the NDDIS. The only platform serves as a bridge for potential investors, sponsors and funders of businesses in Nigeria.

Nigeria High Commission, London received businessmen and dignitaries at the event organized by Nigeria Diaspora Direct Investment Summit, NDDIS and British African Business Alliance, BABA on the 9th December,2017.

The programme kicks off around 7.05 pm ends at 9pm.It was sponsored by Cruxstone Development and investment LTD-Iconic Towers. Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce, Nigerians is Square Mile and Nigerian Capital Markets Forum are partners to the NDDIS. Chief Bimbo Folayan, the Executive Director of NDDIS encouraged foreign investors to work with NDDIS, ’’We are ready to work with any potential and serious foreign investors in Nigeria, we are partners with office of the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora’’ Nigeria High Commissioner, His Excellency, George Adesola Oguntade, CON, CFR supported the NIDDIS and he laments that Nigeria High Commission is committed to work the foreign investors and NDDIS. Hon.Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammad Buhari on foreign affairs and Diaspora expressed her special gratitude to the organizers of the event.

In her official speech, she said: ’’The new initiative like others before will serve as a platform and bridge for potential investors, sponsors and funders’’.

Bimbo Roberts Folayan, Executive Director, Nigerian Diaspora Direct Investment Summits said: ’’Everyone who attends an NDDIS Business Club Event should go home with New contacts, new Knowledge and the opportunity of a Business Deal’’.

L -R:Bimbo Roberts, Awwal, David Smith

David Smith, Chairman, Alliance African Business Alliance speaks about the great untapped opportunities Nigerians have.

He told me that ‘’Nigerians have more than 700,000 businesses and they have opportunities to discuss these investments in Nigeria, Awwal it takes me years to put this event together with NDDIS, we have to continue working hard together’’.

Awwal with Michael Adenuga

Adetoro Bank Omotoye Cruxstone, Development and Investment ltd said: ‘’I took risk to sponsor the event and I am

happy that the programme was successful, this is the right time for Nigerians in Diaspora to invest in Nigeria’’. Bukola Olofinjana CMICS,MCMI,MIC ,Project Manager enjoined foreign investors to work together with NDDIS. Among dignitaries who attended the event included Beknown Phenomenon, Artist, Model, singer, songwriter, Brand Ambassador and Humanitarian. ’Miss-K’,born to Karina Theresa Martinez to Afro Caribbean father and a Spanish mother who has represented Giant Nigerian Brands such as MTN to name a few.

Miss-K is a powerful creative intelligence, who has already invested into Nigeria over the past few years, she expressed that this New build #Towers Project# is the way forward for Nigeria and Nigerians, for the new generation to come as it will help provide more jobs to the locals and enable foreigners to enjoy Nigeria with an international standard Life style. She aims to promote amongst her circle of international investors, as she sees Africa and certainly Nigeria, as ‘’the best country to invest in the world."

Miss K Chief Uche, senior consultant FB Consulting LTD, Sekai Fraser, PIL Commercial manager, Adetoro Omotoye MD Cruxstone, Victor Adekunle Adeleke, Minister/Head of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mike Adenuga, sustainable Energy Solution, Femade UK LTD, Sindy Foster, MD Nylon, UK, Christy Amalu, Author, Mentor and Motivational Speaker, Janikoko Bassis, Real Estate Developer and Alhaji Dauda Awwal, President, Total Support Group for Nigeria in Diaspora were among big wigs graced the event.

Networking and refreshment follows and the event closed 9pm.

FULL OFFICIAL SPEECH FROM PRESIDENCY

THE PRESIDENCY HON.ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA THE SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DIASPORA SPEECH BY THE SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA ON DIASPORA& FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HON.ABIKE DABIRI EREWA AT THE FIRST NIGERIAN DIASPORA DIRECT INVESTMENT SUMMIT BUSINESS CLUB NETWORKING EVENING THURSDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2017, VENUE: NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSION, LONDON

Your Excellency, Ambassador George Adesola Oguntade, CFR, CON, High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Kingdom, Ministers and heads of sections of the mission, leaders of the NDDIS and British African Business Alliance respectively, Chief Bimbo Folayan and David Smith and members of the business community in the UK. I am unable to be here with you this evening because of the very important state matters. In spite of that I am glad to be part of this great initiative.

Today is a historic day as the NDDIS gathers businessmen and women from Diaspora including investors, funders, and technology providers, among others, from Britain and Europe under one roof for the first time ever to kick-start the NDDIS business club. As this club networking is planned to run on monthly basis, I should be joining you soon in other events.

I would like to express my special gratitude to the organizers of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment summit for undertaking yet another brilliant initiative, which is a follow up to their usual successful and very well-planned summits.

This new initiative like the others before will serve as a platform and bridge for potential investors, sponsors and funders to discuss opportunities for investment in Nigeria as well as address issues and concerns militating against Diaspora or Foreign Direct investment in Nigeria as well as shared ideas and practises that will help strengthen collaboration between the respective businesses. I congratulate the Nigerian High Commission for partnering with this laudable initiative and for providing institutional support for the efforts of the organizers.

The government of President Muhammadu Buhari where I serve as a Senior Special Assistant is a proud supporter of Diaspora and Foreign investment into Nigeria and we will continue to support you.

Recently, progress has been made by Nigeria in ease of doing business. Nigeria has moved 24 steps up and I assure you President Muhammad Buhari administration will continue to make Nigeria an investment destination as well as tackling insecurity, corruption and fix our battered economy.

As many of you are already aware, I have personally supported the brilliant initiative of the NDDIS since inception and my office now officially partners with the NDDIS in her important task of supporting the Diaspora and other foreign investors as they move to invest in our country. So many projects are already earmarked for next year. The organizers will provide you with more details as new developments unfold.

The NDDIS was established to help Nigerians in the Diaspora connect and set up their businesses in Nigeria and have had 4 summits since 2013 in partnership with my office while I was the Chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora and even more so now that I am Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign affairs.

Our collaboration has succeeded in supporting Nigerians who have returned to set up businesses in Nigeria. The partnership is also helping in identifying potential sources of Finance, Technology and Technical Skills that could boost the promotion and stimulation of enterprise and the creation of jobs in the states and in Nigeria as a whole and also help those Diasporans who intend to return home to set up business.

My office will continue to support your aim, which is to galvanize Nigerian businesses, along with international Investors to establish businesses in Nigeria by crating partnership with UK and Nigerian businesses.

As you meet this evening, I wish you all fruitful discussions and successful launching.

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