As preparations intensify for the third edition of
the Alaghodaro Summit in Edo State, leading firms in Nigeria, including Shell Nigeria,
the Dangote Group, Nosak Group, and KPMG among others, will lead local and
international businesses to this year's summit.
The 2019 Alaghodaro Summit is organised to mark the
state Governor, Godwin Obaseki's third year anniversary, and would host crème de
la crème of Nigeria's business community in recognition of the ease of doing
business reforms initiated by the Obaseki-led administration in Edo State.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the state governor
on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, he said the state
government's business-friendly posture has earned it investors in the
burgeoning private sector space, which has made the state a darling for
investments in agriculture, power, oil and gas and many others.
He said: "In the last three years, we have
witnessed an incursion of businesses into the state to take advantage of the
reforms being implemented by the Obaseki-led government. One of the iconic
things we have done for the business community is to ensure that we respect the
sanctity of contracts and also make doing business in the state seamless."
He said some of the prominent guests at this year's
Alaghodaro are the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor;
Executive Director, Dangote Group, Halima Dangote; Chairman, Nosak Group, Dr.
Toni Ogunbor; Toni Adepoju of KPMG Nigeria among many others.
He noted that: "The state government has
invested in infrastructure to ensure that businesses thrive in the state. We
have made air transport easier through collaboration with federal government
agencies. For instance, for the first
time in a long while, aero planes can now fly into Benin-city at night and in
hazy weather, which was made possible by the state government's investment in
upgrading the Benin-city Airport for such operations. This gives people coming
into the state multiple options, even as the number of airlines operating in
the state has also increased."
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