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Some info about Dr. Ahmed Idris Nasreddin - Founder of Nasco Group:


In an official communication dated 20th November 2007, the office of the United nations (UN) Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch affirmed that the “name (of Ahmed Idris Nasreddin) has been removed from the Consolidated List maintained by the Security Council Committee, pursuant to Resolution 1267 {1999 – see Security Council SC/9172 15 November 2007 Department of Public Information * News and Media Division * New York SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REMOVES ONE INDIVIDUAL, 12 ENTITIES}. On November 28, 2007 the same office formally granted Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin [/i]a clean bill of health, stating that he is “no longer the subject to the travel ban imposed on listed individuals by the Security Council”.

In his usual style, the clearance has produced in him a new perspective to life and has provided him a fresh impetus and zeal especially in his conviction and undiluted commitment to support the provision of those basic things of life to as many people as possible, and also in the pursuit of that which will benefit mankind generally.

[i]Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin no doubt is a global citizen. He is a household name in Africa, Malaysia, Europe and the Gulf State; and simply because he has wormed himself into the heart of many, irrespective of status or position. He is a reputable global economic diplomat who has a clear understanding of how to deploy financial and non-financial resources, to advance legitimate economic benefits for the parties concerned.

His history in bilateral as well as multilateral economic negotiations has earned him the driver’s seat in terms of investment, technology, commerce and economic development in more than four continents of the world.Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin knows and recognizes the turns and bends of macro and micro-economic platforms; even as he has immense experiential capacity to negotiate them in a manner that adds value to society. He understands the terrains of investment and has the capability to explore and exploit them; a feat he has demonstrated again, and again as an astute global businessman, with a keen eye for the detail in every terrain that providence has led him to play his role.

Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin has been and shall continue to maintain his positive role as a true and tested ambassador of global peace and security; especially even now, that the international community has attested to his character nurtured in the bowels of a superb personal family background and now confirmed by highest global authority- the United Nations. His commitment to holistically deal with and confront frontally, the most threatening of human security challenges such as hunger and poverty, unemployment, environmental degradation, and diseases etc is not in doubt. This fact is eloquently attested to as evidence of his untiring work virtually across all the places that he has his businesses, family, associates and social interests.

The United Nations Security clearance of Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin serves to restore him as a reputable citizen of the world. The accompanying, long overdue clearance which his business interests have also received worldwide, are an persuasive testimony from the UN that Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin has been and shall continue to be allowed to undertake and transact his legitimate businesses worldwide, without let or hindrance. He has devoted his entire life to build those credible business, philanthropic and social relations, and without a shadow of doubt, present and future generations shall continue to draw inspiration from his positively remarkable strides.

No one can denigrate the fortified moral base upon which Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin has been catapulted unto by the United Nations. Almost on an international scale, a teeming population of Americans, Europeans, Asians, Africans and Arabs continue to admire his solid reputational credentials, which he consciously built over the years.

AHMED NASREDDIN: HIS COVICTIONS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTRUBUTIONS
Dr Ahmed Nasreddin, a businessman and President of Nasco Group International is a leading light in the arena of Commercial, Industrial and Real Estate Investments, including hospitality. He is a most dependable and trustworthy actor in the intercontinental theatre of economic relations.

He understood clearly what providence had in store for him from the tender age of 15. At 19 years old, he set up his private industry in Eritrea. He was able to wade through the economic storms to set up the first indigenous textile industry in 1957 and became the first African to achieve such a rare feat.

Driven by the passion to succeed, Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin took his business across the shores of Africa to establish in Milan, Italy - the heart of Europe. Despite stiff competitions, and in some instances opposition, he was not deterred, because he eventually overcame and succeeded in his business. He also took his business to the Gulf States where he has made a remarkable and uncommon impact in commerce and investments spanning the Middle Eastern states. Today, the name Ahmed Idris Nasreddin is synonymous with innovation, integrity, uncommon grace and a solid arsenal of edifying credentials in human and interpersonal relationships.

Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin pitched his industrial tent on the shores of Nigeria in West Africa just about the time Nigeria gained its independence. Nearly fifty years on, and still going strong, the products of Nasco Group Nigeria have become dominant and household features in Nigerian markets, homes and offices.
Today, Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin has established industries in Egypt, Morocco, Eritrea, Turkey, some of the Gulf States, Italy and Switzerland. Wherever you go, Nasco products are appreciated by millions of families, businesses, schools and hospitals all over the world.

Through his various activities and those of his entities, Mr. Ahmed Nasreddin promotes the development of sports, the provision of portable water, the creation of an enabling environment for employment, awards of scholarships, interventions in health and human services and provision of facilities and infrastructure to schools. He is a keen and focused friend of especially persons with physical challenges, even as many a youth group look up to him as mentor and father-figure rolled into one.
He continues to sponsor seminars on regional and world peace, while advancing any cause or preoccupation that will deliver credible results in human resource development and health awareness, among others. Ahmed Idris Nasreddin is a firm believer in industrial harmony.

Dr. Ahmed is an asset to just about any country he makes contact with in terms of trade and investments. This quality is a reflection of his attainments through the years. As far back as 1959, he became a member and advisor to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Milan, Italy. In 1962, Ahmed became invaluable to the state of Kuwait which expressly appointed him as Honorary Consul-General; a role in which he assiduously work to invent and knot the crucial bilateral ties leading to the development of economic and investment relationships between Italy and Kuwait for 27 years.

By 1982, Dr. Ahmed Idris Nasreddin raised the bar of his global commitment and diplomacy, to become the President of the Gulf Chamber, Chamber of Commerce for Development, Real Estate and Technology between Italy and the Gulf States. This laudable act has hatched tens of factories and establishments dotted across the nooks and crannies, with positive multiplier effects on the Gross Domestic Products of benefiting countries.
Dr. Ahmed Nasreddin the President of MIGA - United Chamber for Italy, Switzerland, Malaysia, Africa and the Gulf States, which has connected several countries for global peace and security.

In recognition of his contribution to the development of economic and investment relations, he was honoured with several awards from Heads-of –State; among them H. E. Giovanni Leonne and H. E. Giulio Andreotti of Italy. He was honoured with the Italian highest title of COMMENDATORE by the Italian government in 1974.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria also honoured him with an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Science Honoris Causa) through the Federal University of Nigeria Yola; a distinct acknowledgement of his immense contributions to the development of industry in Nigeria as well as his pioneering role in growing the Nigerian economy.
Dr. Ahmed Nasreddin has built – and sustains – his life’s philosophy on integrity, uprightness, service to humanity and goodwill to all and sundry.