Nigerians asked to leverage on US investment opportunities

Experts have urged Nigerians to leverage on investment opportunities that abound in the US in order to expand their business and capital base

They made the call in Abuja on Thursday at the EB-5 Information series 2023 in Abuja organised in collaboration with the Invest in USA(IIUSA) and the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI).

Fife Banks, who is the Managing Partner, BraveICONS Global, said ‘The IIUSA is an association of Regional Centers that offer the EB-5 offer for the United States; we represent these guys, but we are more particular about the Nigerian investor.
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‘We want them to be fully informed and we guied them through the process to ensure that they make the most off their investment. They get their capital back, because that is what the legislation says. It is not like those investments that your money goes down the drain.

Banks called for the enhancement of Nigeria’s citizenship for investment programme, to make it more attractive to potential investors to come in and boost the economy.

Also speaking, Mr Aaron Grau, Executive Director, IIUSA, said the essence of the programme was to educate Nigerian investors on the investment opportunities in the US.

”It is not something that you just dive into and believe everything will fall into place, there is a lot of details.
”And the purpose of our being here is to begin to explain the details, so again, the purpose of this programme is for education, especially as it pertains engaging in EB-5 process,” Grau said.

The executive director therefore urged the investors to ensure due diligence before engaging in any form of investment process.

Earlier, Ms Zoe Wollenschlaegar, the Global EB5 Manager, Meyer Law Group, said EB was one of the employment base one could use to immigrate to the United States.