Swiss Investors In
Nigeria To Boost Ties
A
delegation of Swiss businessmen and investors has said Zurich
would partner with Abuja to develop infrastructure and
strengthen bilateral relations.
Mr. Michael Rheinegger, head of the team, said this in Abuja
when the delegation from Switzerland paid a visit to the
Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) to discuss
strategies on improved trade ties.
He said the Swiss investors were mainly interested in the
general improvement of infrastructure.
’’There is certainly one area that we want to be involved in;
everything related to improving the infrastructure; my company
has been made to lead the delegation to visit Nigeria with a
group of Swiss companies to know Nigeria and to talk to
different to further strengthen the bilateral relations between
Switzerland and Nigeria,’’ he said.
Rheinegger said that business firms in the delegation were
interested in water engineering and health.
The NIPC Executive Secretary, Mr. Mustafa Bello, said that the
government was investing a lot of foreign capital to improve the
country’s infrastructure.
This, he said, has been private sector driven, especially in
collaboration with foreign expertise.
He said the government had put in place generous incentives to
encourage foreign investors, urging Switzerland to invest not
only in oil and gas but also in agriculture, solid minerals,
tourism, waste management, maritime, industrial parks and
pharmaceuticals, among others.
Some agencies located at the investment commission’s One Stop
Investment Centre (OSIC) briefed the delegation about their
operations and efforts to reduce bottlenecks within Nigeria’s
business environment.
NAN/Yinka
