Nigeria’s Minister of Trade
and Investment, Okechukwu
Enelamah, is to lead a trade
delegation from Nigeria for a
four-day trade and
investment road show in
London, scheduled for July
11 to 15, 2016.
The trade and investment
road show, organised by the
UK Trade & Investment, in
collaboration with Nigeria
Investment Promotion
Commission (NIPC) and
PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC), will be attended by a
group of officials from the
Federal and State
governments.
They include the Minister of
Transport, Rotimi Amaechi,
and his counterparts in the
Agriculture & Rural
Development Ministry, Audu
Ogbeh; Water Resources
Minister, Suleiman Adamu as
well as the Minister of State,
Aviation, Hadi Sirika.
The weeklong activity, which
will open with an industry
event tagged “Nigeria Open
for Business”, will highlight
business opportunities in the
energy, agriculture,
transport, solid minerals,
ICT and infrastructure
sectors to UK investors.
Organisers of the event said
the main objective would be
to create a platform for the
Nigerian government to
profile business
opportunities to a UK
audience, build relationships
with international
businesses, link into global
value chains and establish
links to development finance
with the view to developing
stronger commercial ties
between Nigeria and UK.
The Nigeria Open for
Business event would
feature keynote speeches by
Mr. Enelamah and the UK
Trade Envoy to Nigeria,
John Howell as well as
presentations from key UK
government agencies,
namely the UK Export
Finance, Infrastructure and
Projects Authority and
multipliers.
UK Trade & Investment
(UKTI) is the British
government department that