Dike Onwuamaeze
The Chief Govt Officer of Commonwealth Enterprise and Funding Council (CWEIC), Mrs. Rosie Glazebrook, has canvassed for a lot deepened collaboration with the federal and state governments that will strengthen commerce and funding alternatives between Nigeria and different member nations of the Commonwealth.
Glazebrook made a case for deepened collaboration when she led a delegation of CWEIC Strategic Companions throughout her current separate conferences with Vice President Kashim Shettima in Abuja and the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in Ikaja, Lagos State.
She additionally pledged the CWEIC’s help to the Nigerian authorities and highlighted a number of the council’s forthcoming occasions each in Nigeria and outdoors, together with the Commonwealth Commerce and Funding Summit in London in 2025, and the proposed Commerce and Funding Summit to be held in Nigeria within the second half of 2025.
She stated: “We need to assist enhance commerce and funding into Nigeria and equally help Nigerian companies searching to develop plans for extra interactions with international companions.
“We are going to actually prefer to search for methods the place we will encourage the Nigerian authorities and the enterprise neighborhood to make the most of the commonwealth market throughout the 56 nations and different companions within the Center-East and North Africa.”
Responding to the CWEIC’s delegation, Vice President Shettima stated that Nigeria would turn out to be a significant financial power on the planet below President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Shettima stated: “Nigeria is the place the attraction must be for traders everywhere in the world as Nigeria will turn out to be a significant world financial power below President Tinubu.”
In Lagos, Governor Sanwo-Olu welcomed the CWEIC’s delegation and talked in regards to the large potential the state provides to traders and the important thing precedence areas of his administration.
Sanwo-Olu, thereafter, directed the Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Commerce and Funding, Mrs. Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, to discover the opportunity of a strategic partnership with the CWEIC.
In accordance with Glazebrook, “we had a protracted historical past of collaboration with Nigeria. There was a lot of collaboration carried out a lot of years in the past with Lagos State as a strategic associate. We want to constructing these hyperlinks and actually restart once more.”
She added that “CWEIC appears throughout an entire vary of sectors in Nigeria, notably round power, oil and fuel, infrastructure, rising the abilities of younger folks, maritime, healthcare and SMEs on “how we will help initiatives that may develop these sectors.”
Whereas in Abuja, Glazebrook attended a reception for the CWEIC’s strategic companions and delegates who had been hosted by the British Excessive Commissioner, Mr. Richard Montgomery, on the Abuja British Residence with the British Deputy Excessive Commissioner, Mr. Jonny Baxter.
She acknowledged that CWEIC, at the side of the Nigeria Funding Promotion Fee, collectively hosted the Commonwealth Companies and Nigeria Commerce and Funding Roundtable in Abuja at Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua Centre with high Nigerian companies and Commonwealth delegates in attendance.
She additionally visited the Novare Gateway Mall at Lugbe that’s owned by Novare Fairness Companions, which is among the strategic companions of CWEIC.
Glazebrook additionally co-chaired the Nigeria Worldwide Advisory Council (NIAC) assembly in Lagos with Mr. Olasupo Shasore, (SAN) who’s the NIAC chairman.
She rounded off her go to to Nigeria with a tour go to to Lagos Free Zone (together with Lekki Port) at Ibeju Lekki, Lagos that’s owned by one in all CWEIC’s strategic companions, the Lagos Free Zone.
Glazebrook was grateful to Nigerian strategic companions for his or her help and energetic membership through the years. These companions are Dangote Group, Zenith Financial institution Plc, Famfa Oil Restricted, Africa Legislation Follow NG & Co, Novare Fairness Companions, Seplat Power Plc, Africa Export Import Financial institution, Custodian Funding Plc, Rising Africa Group, Honeywell Group, Lagos Free Zone, Leadway Assurance, Subsequent Worldwide Nigeria Restricted, YOA Insurance coverage Brokers Restricted, Prime Atlantic Restricted, Matrix Power Restricted, LandAfrique Ltd, Funding One Restricted, C.L.G Securities Restricted and the LATC Group, and others.
