Lawson Leads US-Nigeria Trade Council Delegation to USA – https://www.thisdaylive.com
The Chairperson for the Advisory Board of the US-Nigeria Trade Council, Mrs. Iyalode Alaba Lawson will lead a trade delegation to Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America (USA). The trade delegation is coming on the heels of her recent appointment into the council.
Slated for November, 2017 the US-Nigeria Agriculture Business Investment Summit is expected to attract participants across the globe with some key players in Nigeria attending.
The move is seen in some quarters as part of the policy and strategic efforts to improve trade traffic between the USA and Nigeria.
It is on record that the Federal Government since President Mohammadu Buhari took the mantle of leadership on May 29, 2015 has stepped up the campaign for the diversification of the Nigerian economy with agriculture taking the centre stage.
Not a few stakeholders in the maritime industry and beyond see the US-Nigeria Agriculture Business Investment Summit as an avenue to further promote the economic diversification agenda of the Buhari administration.
Former USA Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS and presently, the chief executive officer (CEO), FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative, Dr. Robins R. Sanders is expected to give a keynote address and engage with participants at the summit.
The organisers in a statement obtained by THISDAY said the summit is planned to promote business enterprise at SME and government levels between the USA and Nigeria; develop bilateral business partnerships, attract foreign investors; promote USA goods and services in Nigeria as well as promote Nigeria goods and services to the American markets.
