The Delta State Government and the Republic of Ireland have agreed to pursue bilateral relations on economic cooperation.
Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta State governor and Joe Costello, Irish minister of Trade and Development, agreed that a joint working partnership would be organised to explore opportunities of trade and investments in the state and opportunities in Ireland for business interests from the south-south state.
While addressing a mini-investment summit organised as part of his recent three-day visit to Ireland, Uduaghan drove his message of Delta beyond Oil home to Irish businesses and entrepreneurs. He spoke at an event held at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Ireland.
Uduaghan invited Irish investors to partner with the state government in various areas ranging from Information Communication Technology, ICT to agriculture, power and infrastructure development. The governor added that business and investment climate in the state was very stable and profitable, noting that issues of insecurity had been curbed drastically.
The governor explained that although the state government had made investments in airport and power, it was looking towards the concession of the Asaba airport and would sell the Independent Power Plant, IPP, after it is completed later in the year. Costello commended the initiative of Uduaghan and the people of the state and assured that the Irish government was committed to deepening economic relationship with Nigeria. He said this had already started with a visit by Irish businesses to Lagos in 2013 and another planned for Delta State later in 2014. “Ireland and Nigeria have a long-standing relationship and are encouraged by the development to do business in the country,” he said.
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