By Olu Benjamin
A German business conglomerate, Wendit Group has organized a business conference aimed at building and fostering mutually beneficial relationships with potential local partners and investing in certain sectors of the Nigerian economy.
The business conference organized in collaboration with Dantasidi Group, a Nigerian mining company and Shirams Services Limited took place at the Zuma Rock Resort in Suleja, Niger state on Friday.
In an interview, Mr Erich Horlacher, Chief Executive Officer, Wendit Group told newsmen that the essence of the conference was to meet with local businesses and state actors with the aim of partnering and supporting them to achieve mutual goals.
He said through the partnership, the firm and it’s international partners such as WAS, Hexagon, WEBO, SHANXI among others would invest in mining, real estate, medicals, construction, infrastructure and green energy in Nigeria.
He said the Wendit Group and it’s international partners would provide funding and machinery and also offer opportunities for trainings of Nigerians to be able to manage the machinery that will be used especially in the mining and green energy sectors.
For mining in particular we will deliver all the machines needed to our local partners to help achieve their set targets. We are a one stop group. We have everything. We can organize everything including maintenance of the machinery and training of our local partners,” he said.
Horlacher who described the conference as engaging assured that the business partnerships that would be forged would help boost the economy and a win for all involved especially the Nigerian state.
In a remark, Mallam Garba Mohammed, Permanent Secretary, Nasarawa state Ministry for Environment assured the group and it’s international partners of maximum security should they decide to partner the state or local investors who have invested in the mining sector and have mining interests in the state.
Mohammed who said giving the surge for Lithium across the world, the state has recorded interests from investors to invest in the state assured the group of the determination of the state government under the leadership of Governor Abdullahi Sule to provide maximum security to investors and their investments in the state.
“His Excellency Governor Abdullahi Sule has that passion to attract investors into the state. Therefore he made it as a priority that security is given top attention so that any investor that wants to invest in the state is encouraged to do so.
“His Excellency has been doing all that he could do to see that security of investors, security of what might have attracted them to the state is well handled as it should be done,” he said.
In another interview, Mr Osemwekha Omoruyi, Chief Executive Officer, Shirams Services Limited, a Nigerian company said the essence of the conference and attracting the foreign investors to Nigeria is to help attract funding into the Nigerian economy via the investments of the foreigners.
“The goal is for them to come and support the Nigerian economy between the government and the private sector for financing, projects and support of business entities in Nigeria,” he said.
Representatives of Kaduna and Nasarawa states as well as private business entities especially in the mining and solar sectors attended the business conference.
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