The Director-General of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), Mr Asishana Okauru, has commended NIPC's "Book of States" initiative and expressed the NGF's interest in working with NIPC to unlock the investment prospects of moribund state-owned enterprises.
NIPC has announced that it will publish the "Book of States" on its website in August 2020. The publication profiles the competitive advantages and key investment prospects of each state in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary/CEO, Ms Yewande Sadiku, disclosed this at a closed webinar on "Supporting Sub-National Investment Promotion" organised exclusively for State IPAs, where she also shared insights from NIPC's recently updated digital database of State IPAs and encouraged them to leverage NIPC resources including the One Stop Investment Centre (OSIC), the OSIC Lab, and the Single Window Investors' Portal (SWIP).
Also at the webinar, the Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, spoke on attracting investments into Special Economic Zones. The webinar was attended by representatives of 30 state IPAs — all of whom pledged to work with NIPC to promote opportunities in their states — and 88 participants in total.
