Enugu moves to attract investors

The Enugu State government yesterday said it was determined to attract more investors to enhance the state’s economic growth with the Oganiru Enugu State Investment Summit scheduled to hold from April 12 to 14, 2016.
Briefing news men in Enugu, the Director General, Oganiru Enugu State Investment Summit, Ike Chioke said the summit would focus on ten key sectors such as solid minerals and mining, power generation and distribution, agriculture and agric processing, tourism and hospitality, transportation, ICT, free trade zone/manufacturing, health tourism, real estate and tertiary education.
The Oganiru Enugu State Investment Summit Committee was set as an integral part of the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led administration to mainly help in fashioning out the best economic policies in terms of employment generation, social services and good governance, security, among others, Chioke explained.
Chioke, who is also the Group Managing Director of AFRINVEST West Africa Limited, Lagos said Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the state would also benefit from the summit.
The Director, Institute of Economic Development, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Osita Ogbu said the summit would address issues of unemployment, inclusiveness, among others.