The governors are seeking foreign direct investments up to $15billion from UAE businesses and organisations.
The occasion will witness a high-powered meeting which is to be anchored on behalf of the Nigerian governors by the Emirates foreign ministry of foreign affairs and international corporation headed by Sheik Abdallah and assisted by Walid of AIM. This is a product of a month-long interaction between the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum , John Kayode Fayemi, and his Excellency Ambassador Abdallah who personally gave his commitment to ensuring a direct interface between Nigerian governors and strong business conglomerates in the United Arab Emirates.Beginning from Tuesday’s AIM global leaders debate, Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, will have a business to government meeting with SALIC at the investment hub in Dubai.
Bayelsa State governor, Duoye Diri, who already in Dubai since Saturday will be meeting with El Sewedy Electric. In another business to government meeting also facilitated by Dubai foreign ministry, Diri will be meeting AMEA power and he will also be at the humanitarian summit among other meetings. Governor Diri will finalize his activities by attending the closing ceremony and Dubai declaration of the World Investment Forum.
Also expected to commence high-level business to government investment quest is the Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello who is seeking $184 million investment Into the state by first meeting AIM’s high-level networking group. He is concentrating on presenting his state potential as an agricultural industrial processing zone where it is expected that huge sums will be plowed into agriculture infrastructure.