IF we must criticise GEJ 95% of the time, let's also give him credit when he does right.

GEJ is in France hustling for Naija - good.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201111240100.html

The UK Financial Times also has an 18 page report on Nigeria -

http://media.ft.com/cms/be320366-14b3-11e1-8367-00144feabdc0.pdf

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan left for France on Wednesday for a meeting to attract foreign investment into the oil-rich but corruption-ridden country, his office said.

Jonathan will also have lunch with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy during his three-day visit. He is leading a high-powered delegation of government officials and top Nigerian businessmen.

The investment meeting is to be held under the aegis of a so-called Honorary International Investor Council (HIIC), an outfit of prominent global and domestic investors that advises the Nigerian government on economic matters.

The council's goals are to influence investment decisions by major companies and countries to Africa's most populous nation.

Kashim Shettima, the governor of Borno, Nigeria's northeastern state, where a radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has carried out a myriad of deadly gun and bomb attacks in the past two years, will speak about internal security. -

Former managing director of the World Bank and now Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the country's central bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, will also address participants.

Some of the members of the HIIC expected at the meeting are top officials from the French oil giant Total, Anglo-Dutch's Shell, computer firm Hewlett Packard, Japanese car producer Mitsubishi Corporation and leading global financial services group Credit Suisse.

Nigeria is France's largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe was in Nigeria earlier this month and vowed to help the country in its war against extremism.

Good.

Hope he did not go to france with 170 Australia 2.0

Jonathan fix things in Nigeria, investors will come begging. You will not out-travel OBJ.

I also hope the retardeen will keep his DICKSON in check this time around. Safe trip.

Africans are stupid as always. France does not Nigeria's best interest at heart. Stupid leaders.

Good move GEJ.Thought you need to do more when you get back.Right move!!!!.GEJ why not call in china,I mean as an alternative.The west will come naturally.Because of beefing.Its easier to bring the Chinese and also its more advantageous.Considering they respect local laws and are open to such regulations.Not a case where you are given conditions to be met before they come under maybe like in the case of USA and UK.
China is doing well now and even the west is trying to get help from them.Things have changed.We have alot in common with china and they could simply add the edge to move us further into the next level.They have a huge population and have managed it well.Industries in china are closed and more are discouraged because of there crazy growth.With good regulation we could woo those Chinese investors and all that.They are good in Agriculture,cheap energy and industrialization.We need cheap and fast power to come in now.We didn't start or have the largest green house emission and it won't hurt to try ours until we are rich enough to go clean energy.
They don't meddle in local affairs and always supportive of the government.Which is critically needed in the case of GEJ.They do sub standard but with specification and regulation even the west goes to them for quality and mass production.

Good! Hope something positive comes out of it.

egift:

Good.

Hope he did not go to france with 170 Australia 2.0

Jonathan fix things in Nigeria, investors will come begging. You will not out-travel OBJ.

lol

I guess he needs Investors to help him fix things in Nigeria.

He is an IDIOT!! Invest starts at HOME. FIx the electricity, roads, education and healthcare and people will come to Nigeria just like they did China. The Chinese had GREAT infrastrucutre that is why they had so many investors come there. GEJ is so stupid. He is a disgrace to Nigerians.

I would have been happier if it was China. Each action this man takes makes me like him even less.

The idea is to remove subsidy and deregulate petrol
so that Shell and Total can come establish refineries.

Is there any fact to suggest that the Chinese do not have a significant presence in Nigeria? Or are we suggesting we do business only with Chinese and ignore the west completely?

I think the best strategy is to get as many people as possible on board.

Personally I prefer the French to the Chinese when quality is the issue.

On a fruitlless mission. if the economy is in shamble and their is insecurity everywhere in the country, no investor will bring his/her fortune to invest in Nigeria.

Another big white elephant project. Sure some Nigerians will maake money from his fruitless mission.

Despite the fact that the government knows that our economy is not viable they still go out to invite investors.

If your crops are healthy others will believe the land is the most suitable for plantation.

Even Nigerian investors are leaving the country to invest in the neighbouring African countries.

Any sane person will not make the choice of investing in Nigeria if there is no inkling of a return in investment.

I fear for my country.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan we want a better Nigeria.

Uyi Iredia:

I would have been happier if it was China. Each action this man takes makes me like him even less.

Still people like you always complain that made in China products are bellow standards.
@OP good one from GEJ, all we are concern is quality and good investors.

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i saw him shopping at virgin store in champs elisse in paris

You go scrambling for foreign investment and when the foreigners create a success, you people then complain.

every investor is wise enough to invest his/her cash where it would be best for them.
GEJ,should start by giving the citizenry 24hrs power supply and investors would come on their own.

I hope they are given conditions so they don't come to our country and oppress us like the Chinese.

VoodooDoll:

IF we must criticise GEJ 95% of the time, let's also give him credit when he does right.

GEJ is in France hustling for Naija - good.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201111240100.html

The UK Financial Times also has an 18 page report on Nigeria -

http://media.ft.com/cms/be320366-14b3-11e1-8367-00144feabdc0.pdf

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan left for France on Wednesday for a meeting to attract foreign investment into the oil-rich but corruption-ridden country, his office said.

Jonathan will also have lunch with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy during his three-day visit. He is leading a high-powered delegation of government officials and top Nigerian businessmen.


The investment meeting is to be held under the aegis of a so-called Honorary International Investor Council (HIIC), an outfit of prominent global and domestic investors that advises the Nigerian government on economic matters.

The council's goals are to influence investment decisions by major companies and countries to Africa's most populous nation.

Kashim Shettima, the governor of Borno, Nigeria's northeastern state, where a radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has carried out a myriad of deadly gun and bomb attacks in the past two years, will speak about internal security. -

Former managing director of the World Bank and now Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the country's central bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, will also address participants.

Some of the members of the HIIC expected at the meeting are top officials from the French oil giant Total, Anglo-Dutch's Shell, computer firm Hewlett Packard, Japanese car producer Mitsubishi Corporation and leading global financial services group Credit Suisse.

Nigeria is France's largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe was in Nigeria earlier this month and vowed to help the country in its war against extremism.

Each time I hear that ''high-powered delegation'' nonsense, I think Billions of Naira is about to be squandered,

Is he supposed to travel out to meet Investors I'm not surprised though, He has always been a dumb f*u*cK, No. 1 Citizen indeed,

thats okonjo's connection for you.
setup a financial club in france for us.

he thinks investors will invest in a country without electricity power supply, he is only pretending to be doing something, just fooling around anyway, i laugh in french

Santino1:

Each time I hear that ''high-powered delegation'' nonsense, I think Billions of Naira is about to be squandered,

And even worst, they giveaway everything that will make Nigeria money - Tax exemptions for years, free import duties, little oversight, allow them charge large fees.

Ali just turned 8. His father died in a traffic jam on his way to hospital after being robbed on his way home from work. His mother Fatima had a stroke from the grief and died because the doctors where on strike. Ali and his Sister Halima have been living on the streets for a year now. Ali and Halima had to run away from Alhaji Tanko's house after he raped Ali and beat up Halima. Now Ali begs alone because Halima is very sick. She is always coughing out blood. Ali must now feed both of them. He gathers any leaf he can find to treat his sister. Ali hopes to go to school one day so he can become a security man at the bank like his daddy was and wear that fine blue uniform with the big shiny black boots

I can not help Ali and sadly he may never go to school. There are many more children like him, children who may not even make it to 15 years, children that will want to but will never go to school.

You are their only hope. Their goverment does not care. It does not hear them cry. But their goverment can hear you If you will but speak for change! If you will volunteer 60 secs to add 10 people. There are no big boys or girls in this movement. Its all about making our government accountable to us.

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@ Post,

Absolute rubbish. Another money wasting trip. When Dayokanu calls him Retardeen, I use to have my doubts until now. The economy of Europe is in shambles, Italy's debt just got downgraded to 'junk', Sarkozy and Merkel are too busy trying to re-build their economies. And that is the time our clueless GEJ went shopping for investors

Can't wait to vote this pathetic Arrow out of Aso Rock mtscheeew