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 might 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 latest 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 assist to the Nigerian authorities and highlighted a number of the council’s forthcoming occasions each in Nigeria and out of doors, 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 mentioned: “We wish to assist increase commerce and funding into Nigeria and equally assist Nigerian companies searching to develop plans for extra interactions with overseas companions.
“We are going to actually wish to lookup methods the place we are able to encourage the Nigerian authorities and the enterprise neighborhood to benefit from 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 mentioned that Nigeria would change into a serious financial drive on the earth beneath President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Shettima mentioned: “Nigeria is the place the attraction ought to be for traders all around the world as Nigeria will change into a serious international financial drive beneath President Tinubu.”
In Lagos, Governor Sanwo-Olu welcomed the CWEIC’s delegation and talked in regards to the large potential the state presents 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 line with Glazebrook, “we had a protracted historical past of collaboration with Nigeria. There was quite a few collaboration performed quite a few years in the past with Lagos State as a strategic companion. We wish to constructing these hyperlinks and actually restart once more.”
She added that “CWEIC seems to be throughout a complete vary of sectors in Nigeria, notably round vitality, oil and fuel, infrastructure, rising the talents of younger folks, maritime, healthcare and SMEs on “how we are able to assist initiatives that can develop these sectors.”
Whereas in Abuja, Glazebrook attended a reception for the CWEIC’s strategic companions and delegates who have 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, along side 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 likely one of 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 assist and lively membership over time. These companions are Dangote Group, Zenith Financial institution Plc, Famfa Oil Restricted, Africa Legislation Observe NG & Co, Novare Fairness Companions, Seplat Vitality 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 Vitality Restricted, LandAfrique Ltd, Funding One Restricted, C.L.G Securities Restricted and the LATC Group, and others.
