Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah has announced that his government will host an Investment and Economic Growth Stakeholder Roundtable in September 2023, which is the precursor to the launch of the first edition of the Enugu State Diaspora and Investment Forum (ES-DIF) scheduled for April 2024.
Mbah disclosed this yesterday at a press conference at the executive chamber of the governor’s office, Enugu.
He stated that the Enugu State Diaspora and Investment Forum will be a multi-stakeholder, fully transactional platform championed by the Enugu State government to accelerate the identification, preparation, curation, and financial closure of investment projects to achieve the state’s private Sector-led economic transformation agenda.
The governor said in its first year, the Enugu State Diaspora and Investment Forum is expected to attract at least US$2.0 billion in investment interests.
“In September 2023, the Investment and Economic Growth Stakeholder Roundtable will bring together bilateral and multilateral development partners, as well as senior-level executives from commercial banks, public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds, infrastructure funds, and other domestic financial institutions for a systematic discussion on advancing viable investment opportunities in the state as my administration steers Enugu State on a path of private sector-led economic growth,” he stated.
