US investors to invest in Nasarawa – Gov. Sule

Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has disclosed that some high-profile investors from the United States of America have shown interest to invest in Nasarawa State, saying this will create job opportunities for the unemployed youth across the 13 local government areas of the state.

This was contained in a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibrahim Addra, and obtained by Daily Trust in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.

Governor Sule who visited the US to woo investors explained that the investors and businesses have shown interest in coming to the state to invest in agriculture, mining, education, housing development, oil & gas and healthcare during a meeting with the governor.

Our correspondent reports that the governor had departed Abuja for the United States of America on September 15th on the invitation of the Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington DC as well as the UN SDG in New York.

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The Managing Director/CEO of Nasarawa Investment Development Agency, NASIDA, who was in the US with the governor was quoted as saying that, “Interest in doing business in Nasarawa State has grown astronomically with the businesses showing great interest in coming to Nasarawa while expressing confidence in the business reforms under Governor Sule’s watch.”