Thursday 29 October 2015

President Buhari woos Indian CEOs with economic stability promises

President Buhari with Indian CEOs
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of Indian companies with interests in Nigeria, promising his administration’s commitment to maintaining macro-economic stability and improving investors’ confidence in Nigeria.

At the meeting held on Wednesday in New Delhi, President Buhari said that the fall in oil prices would not deter his government from creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.

President Buhari expressed the belief that with its abundance of human and material resources, “the Nigerian economy does not have to suffer unduly from low oil prices, despite its severe impact on government revenues”.
“What is required of us, to which we are strongly committed, is the implementation of tight expenditure controls, effective fiscal and monetary policies, including the husbandry of scarce resources which our introduction of the Single Treasury Account has begun to address.
“We are aware some of these measures may hurt operations of some businesses in the short term, but we believe they are right for a sustainable economy,” the President said.
Noting that India has been a dependable ally and friend of Nigeria, President Buhari urged the Chief Executives to expand their companies’ investments in Nigeria “so that we can, together, turn our engagements into a win-win situation for our two countries”.
“We can increase and diversify the current volume of our bilateral trade beyond US$16.36 billion, and diversify to other critical sectors such as agriculture; green technologies in power generation; infrastructure; information and communications technologies; the services sector; education; industry, especially textiles and solid minerals among others”.
President Buhari also urged the Indian CEOs to accept the changes in policy being introduced by his administration and observe all extant Nigerian laws in running their business in the country.

He warned, particularly, that his administration would not tolerate the importation of sub-standard goods, especially foods and medicines, into Nigeria.
President Buhari with Indian CEOs


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