FCT Minister urges new ambassadors to attract FDI for FCT
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By Kabir Muhammad
Abuja, Dec. 23, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has urged the 47 newly appointed career Ambassadors to explore possibilities of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Abuja.
Bello made the call when the new Ambassadors paid him a working visit in Abuja.
He said that the FDI would help end recession and create new opportunities for residents of the FCT.
The minister told the ambassadors of the enormous investment opportunities in the territory which needed marketed to investors across the world.
Bello disclosed that the Idu Industrial Layout had been provided with adequate infrastructure to encourage investment in the FCT.
According to him, the FCT Administration has also provided an enabling environment and liberal conditions to support genuine investors.
He reminded them that Abuja as the only city created by law in Nigeria was home to all Nigerians and the window through which the world see the country.
The minister assured that the administration would continue to adhere strictly to the Abuja Master Plan to ensure orderliness in the city.
“All of you have Abuja as either first or second home; you know all the challenges of the Federal Capital Territory, because all of you live here and therefore you can best market the city by bringing in FDI to tackle all those challenges’’, he said.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, who led the group, said the visit was part of the induction programme organised for the new ambassadors.
He said it was to acquaint them with the ingredients of government policies.
“This is in terms of protocol and its priority in terms of domestic agenda which is built on change, good governance, economic, security and anti-corruption.
“This is to help identify the foreign policy component of the government programme to enable the new ambassadors go out there to engage and advance the domestic agenda of Nigeria,” Enikanolaiye added.(NAN)
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Edited by Gregory Mmaduakolam/Maharazu Ahmed
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