President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday
expressed appreciation to foreign and local investors that agreed to commit
their investment into Nigeria, aimed at boosting the country’s economy.
Buhari, who unveiled a plaque to
commemorate his visit to the Eko Atlantic City project,
expressed his appreciation to
investors after being shown round the project by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos
State. President Buhari He said that their investment had helped to provide
employment for Nigerians, reducing the rate of unemployment in the country.
“I am extremely grateful to those
that agreed to invest so much in our country. “I have just gone round to see
the Eko Atlantic City. I am extremely impressed with the potentiality of this
project and the amount of jobs and its effect on the economy and what it is
capable of bringing,’’
Buhari said. The President, while expressing
his satisfaction with the ocean reclamation embarked upon by the state
government and its partners, said that the investment had impacted on the
country’s economy. Earlier, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode said that the project was an
example of what the private sector could do to the nation’s economy.
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