Donald Trump, who will be fully inaugurated as
the 45th US President in the coming days is reportedly billed to attend
an investment roadshow for Nigeria’s oil and gas sector that’s scheduled to
hold in the US. In a news report by, The Sun, Nigeria’s minister of state for
petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, was credited with this disclosure.
The minister was
said to have explained that the roadshow is being organised as part of efforts
to attract investment to Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Kachikwu while unveiling
his goals and those of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for 2017 in Abuja,
said: “We are going to be seeking to attract investments and complete all the
MoUs we have in China and India. We are looking to do a roadshow to the UK, we
are looking to do a roadshow to the US with President Donald Trump coming in.’’
The Petroleum Minister said Nigeria would exploit the relationship built by
President Muhammadu Buhari in taking a roadshow to the UK and US. while also
assuring the nation of the federal government’s readiness to ensure the passage
of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and allocate oil blocks in 2017.
“We are going to accelerate Federal
Government’s revenues, look into areas where we could have made more money, so
as to support the 2017 budget financing.” Kachikwu said.
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