Abia, best place for entrepreneurship, investment – Otti
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Abia State governor, Dr. Alex Otti, is calling on potential entrepreneurs and investors to bring their investments to God’s On State, describing the state as the best place in Nigeria today for investment.
“There is no better place currently for entrepreneurship and investment than Abia state,” Governor Otti told a delegation of the US Market Access Center (USMAC) led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Chris Burry, who visited him.
“When you talk of technology, that’s where we are heading to. If it is about entrepreneurship, innovation, I think you have come to the best place.
“There is no better place, if you are talking about entrepreneurship, if you are thinking of investment, than Abia state,” the Governor stressed.
According to the Abia Chief Executive Officer, Abia boasts of huge potential and human energy available in Aba and requested the team to visit the Enyimba City commercial hub to see things for themselves because he wants their findings to be evidence-based.
“I want it to be evidence-based. So, go to Ariaria, go to other markets in Aba, you will see things for yourself. We need to come from evidence point of view”, Governor Otti said.
The Governor who noted that the company’s proposal was in line with the vision of his administration, declared the happiness of the state government to partner USMAC to harness the potential and human energy existing in Aba.
He enjoined the team to interface with the Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, Mr. David Kalu, and other members of the Governor’s team in charge of technology, to work with USMAC and come up with recommendations on how best to collaborate with them.
He maintained that the administration was in a hurry to develop the potentials in Abia to be able to create wealth and lift the people out of poverty. He said this position informs why government readily accepts credible potential investors and partners.
Earlier in his speech, the leader of the delegation and Chief Executive Officer USMAC, Mr. Chris Burry, had said that Abia was the first state his team has visited with its proposal because of the innovations the Governor was bringing in the State.
He expressed their interest to invest in entrepreneurship development and skills acquisition. He adding that the company wants to collaborate with Abia State Government in various technological areas with opportunities including, entrepreneurship education and skills acquisition, among others.
The Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, Mr. David Kalu, Chief of staff to the Governor, Pastor Caleb Ajagba, Technical Assistant to the Governor, Charles Egonye, Chief Information Officer of the State, Mr. Gerald Illukwe, among others, were present during the working visit.
