UNGA: Committee Inaugurated To Facilitate Investment Partnerships in States

The Principal Organiser,Executive Vice- President of Merited Negotiating Consulting Firm, Kunle Yusuff, has stated that the high-level global executive investment and grant intervention roundtable has been institutionalised on a yearly basis, and all apparatus and indexes to globalise the conference will be also considered.

The High-Level Global Executive Investment and Grant Intervention Roundtable, which held on September 15th, 2023 at the Nigeria Mission House in New York, organised by Merited Negotiating Consulting Firm in partnership with Strategic Group USA LCC, and has been described as “a success story.”

Yussuf explained that the UNGA 2023 Agenda focused on ‘Rebuilding trust and reigniting Global Solidarity’, which will provide political leadership and guidance on the implementation of Addis Ababa Action Agenda.

He added that while serving as a framework for mobilising resources to achieve the SDGs, presentation of credible, serious and new climate action and nature- based solutions, it will also respond to the urgency of the climate crisis, and preparation for pandemic prevention, demand private sector driven economy.

Speaking further, Yusuf expressed delight at the development, which attracted a few investors and two major global strategic consultants on donors intervention grant access including Manhattan Global Investments; Satnaam Development and Contracting Group SDCG LLC; CEO, Business Advisors 360; Phonex Group USA – China and CEO Forum, US.

The focused investments, however include some focus areas in the region of Agriculture and Agribusiness; Mining and Resources Generation; Renewable Energy Generation; Marine and Blue Economy; Infrastructures and Project Financing (Water System, Transportation, Hospitality, Aviation, and Environmental Hazards Projects; Grants Intervention Access Funding; Global Strategic Consultant and CEO Synergystic Relations.

Continuing, he tasked the Federal Government to show readiness towards providing an enabling environment, ease of Doing Businesses and be tax-friendly, adding that sustainability and attractiveness should be enhanced for National promotion.

He, therefore, recall that a committee has been inaugurated with a term of references to work with National Investments Promotion Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Immigration Office, Ministry of Trade and Investments for both procedures and processes.

“We will engage State Governments on the need for partnership. The first pilot mapping will include Oyo, Lagos, Delta, Ebonyi, Cross- River, Zamfara, Yobe, Taraba, and Plateau States.

Presently, we are at visibility and documentation moment. At the appropriate time, the handholders will unavail the partnership mechanism, he concluded.