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PHOTOSCENE: 1st Nigeria-China Govs’ Investment Forum holds in China

Governors from a number of states in Nigeria, and their counterparts in China met recently, in Guangzhou, China for the first Nigeria-China Governors’ Investment Forum.

Among others, the forum was put together to share ideas, make presentations, and engage in discussions in the hope of making ground-breaking deals that will positively impact on both nations.

The two-day event, a first of its kind, had in attendance governors from the six geo-political zones of the country such as Samuel Ortom (Benue) Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano) Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger) Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) Kashim Shettima (Borno) Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) Dep. Gov. Nkem Okeke (Anambra) and Dep. Gov. Ebonyi State.

Others are the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Gov. Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, Simon Lalong (Plateau) and Abulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) among others.

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Some of those on the Chinese side, were Vice Mayor of Guangzhou, Cai Chaolin; President of GAC Group, Zeng Qinghong; President of Choice International, Diana Chan; the Executive Secretary of the NGF, Mr. Shittu, CEO of Del-York International; Linus Idahosa, President of the China Africa Development Fund and many other leaders of Fortune 500 Companies from China graced the event.

The forum is to set the tone for the sealing of major deals and an improvement in the economic sustainability of both nations.

Reports indicate that a number of governors brokered deals for their respective state running into billions of dollars.

The 15 state governors and their teams visited the 121st Canton Fair in Guangzhou which provided the opportunity for participants to among other things access investment funding, develop new markets for Nigerian products and services, procure machinery and explore partnership.

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