Ayo Ola
Chief Executive Officer, Silicon Valley Nigerian Economic Development, Inc., (SVNED) Chief Aminat Temitope Ajayi on Thursday lauded the efforts of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, for her commitment to attracting foreign investments for Nigeria during the ongoing United National General Assembly in New York, United States of America.
Chief Ajayi, popularly called Mama Diaspora, the investment drive of the minister was strategic and laudable.
She said the minister assured the foreign investors that the Federal Government of Nigeria under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was ready to protect them and their investments in Nigeria and improve significantly on ease of doing business in the country.
Chief Ajayi had earlier announced that SVNED had brokered over $19.4bn foreign direct investment commitments for Nigeria at the economic summit on the sidelines of the UNGA.
According to her, President Tinubu was determined to transform Nigeria’s economy and uplift Nigerians and residents in the country.
Chief Ajayi said, “ I have never seen a woman so passionate about her country. I have never seen a woman in power so passionate as our Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. Despite the fact that she was with President Tinubu at the Stock Exchange on Wall Street in the United States to ring the bell, she waited for us in her car in front of the Nigerian Embassy till 10 p.m. to welcome the foreign investors. She waited for us even though she was tired. She still saw the foreign investors and she will be coming to the Economic Summit today.
“She is very passionate about attracting foreign investors to Nigeria, making a change and revamping the economy of this country. She is a round peg in a round hole,. She is articulate. As a mother, I was proud of her as she was talking to the foreign investors.
“President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has the best interest of Nigeria. He is committed to revamping Nigeria’s economy.”