NIPC will publish on its website the "Book of States" — a publication profiling the competitive advantages and key investment prospects of each state in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary/CEO, Ms Yewande Sadiku, announced this during a closed webinar on "Supporting Sub-National Investment Promotion" organised exclusively for State Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs).
Ms Sadiku shared insights from NIPC's recently updated digital database of State IPAs and encouraged them to leverage NIPC's support structures, including the One Stop Investment Centre (OSIC), the OSIC Lab, and the Single Window Investors' Portal (SWIP). The OSIC Lab serves as an intervention mechanism for investors to resolve issues with government agencies at state or federal level; SWIP is a platform enabling NIPC to manage investor relationships and process applications more effectively through technology. She also highlighted NIPC's work on the reform of Nigeria's investment treaty regime as a resource available to State IPAs.
At the webinar, the Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, spoke on attracting investments into Special Economic Zones, and the Director-General of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), Mr Asishana Okauru, commended the "Book of States" initiative and revealed NGF's interest in working with NIPC to unlock the investment prospects of moribund state-owned enterprises. The webinar was attended by representatives of 30 state IPAs and 88 participants in total.
