Nigerian
investors have urged African governments to remove visa restrictions as a way
of attracting theirinvestments
and promoting Intra-African trade.
The business leaders made the proposition at an investment forum
to boost investments by African entrepreneurs in the Island nation of
Seychelles.
TVC
News Sumner Sambo reports that prominent Nigerian businessmen with companies
spread across several African countries are being courted here at an investment
summit in Seychelles.
Many of these business tycoons share their experiences on how
they have navigated the tough investment climate in Africa.
They are now asking many African governments to relax their visa
restrictions and trade laws if they hope to attract more investments.
The investors are backed by an influential African leader and
former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who is asking the five regional
economic communities in Africa to champion the reduction of time spent on
securing visas among member countries.
The forum also canvassed for the full implementation of the blue
economy policies adopted by African countries to explore sea resources as a
means of diversification.
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