Bangladeshi investors to set up ceramic factory in Nigeria

Some Bangladeshi investors concluded arrangements to establish a ceramic factory in Nigerian state Kogi.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria, Maj.-Gen.Sharif Kaikoba disclosed this while he called on Sunday Governor of the state Yahaya Bello,according to a report published in /www.dailytrust.com.ng.

The meeting was held at Lokoja, the capital of Kogi.  Kogi is a state in the central region of Nigeria.

Kaikoba said the industry would have taken off since, but had to put it on hold because of the security challenges facing the state.

He explained that his country had a genuine and sincere interest in the economic development of the state.

The high commissioner also commended Gov. Yahaya Bello for the noticeable improvement in the security situation in the state, and called for its sustenance to create enabling environment for foreign and local investors.

“My visit is to discuss economic opportunities with the governor is in furtherance of the existing cordial relations between Nigeria and Bangladesh,’’ he said.

Responding, Gov. Bello said that the security challenges facing the state had become history, commending the security agencies and the people of the state for their collective efforts at tackling the security problems headlong.

“Crime has drastically reduced as criminals cannot freely ply their trade in the state anymore,” he said.’’

The governor told the high commissioner that he would not allow bureaucratic bottlenecks to frustrate the efforts of the investors to establish the ceramic factory in any area of their choice in the state.-SAA