Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris has held a meeting with Islamic Development Bank and sought support towards creating investment opportunities for both foreign and local investors in the state.
The meeting between the governor and the bank’s representatives headed by Dr Ahsanul Kibria, Country Operations Manager, Regional Hub of Abuja, deliberated on ways to harness the investment opportunities and boost economic activities in Kebbi State.
Speaking to Journalists shortly after the meeting held in Abuja, the governor said the meeting deliberated on ways to get intervention from the bank towards assisting Kebbi State to become investment hub of Northwestern Region.
While seeking for the assistance of the bank to achieve the set goals and objectives of transforming Kebbi into an investment hub, Idris observed that attracting investors into the state would no doubt fast-track growth and development.
“The essence of this meeting is to see how we can get intervention to create an enabling environment for investors to come and invest in the land of equity. Of course, Kebbi has a lot of potentials that needed to be harnessed by both local and foreign investors” he added.
“Remember, investment is a key to individual, corporate and societal growth, hence the need to invite more people to come and invest so that industries will be established, businesses will thrive and commercial activities will also boom,” he said.
The Governor urged all and sundry in the state to rally round his administration to enable him deliver the dividends of democracy to all nuks crannies of Kebbi State
Responding, the Bank’s Country Operations Manager, Regional Hub of Abuja, Dr Ahsanul Kibria expressed appreciation for finding Islamic Development Bank worthy of collaboration and assured of fruitful and beneficial partnership.
He told the Governor that the
Bank would look into the possibility of assisting Kebbi to fulfil its dream of becoming the investment hub of Northwestern Region in view of the fact that the state had many investment potentials.
Signed:
Ahmed Idris,
Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi State Governor