Africa’s youngest billionaire, Ashish Thakkar, said that Nigeria is a land of opportunities for investors despite negative stories about it. Thakkar, President of Mara Group, stated this in an interview with State House Correspondents after holding a closed door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa.
The Uganda-born billionaire said that the reality and the potentials in Nigeria were quite different from the negative report of the country in the international media.
“There is a huge difference between perception and reality.I think the perception happened to be negative today but it is a very unfortunate case because when we come here, what we see and what we experience show that Nigeria is a very different place. Nigeria is going through transformation and I think Africa as a whole, we are going through transformation and I think one thing as African is that we are 54 countries and we generalise in our assessment. In Nigeria, we may see some few pockets of challenges, but, overall this is a country full of opportunities with people with a lot of energy.You can feel the energy when you land here. I have travelled to so many different countries every month, but when I land in Nigeria I feel the energy which is the amazing point,’’ he said.
Thakkar stressed that Nigeria remained his best investment destination in Africa. “We have offices in 22 African countries but when the CNN recently asked me my favourite country in Africa, I said Nigeria. This is something that we are very serious about and we are very confident of,.’
A "good thief" will no that about Naija
ReplyDeleteCan u imagine how other countries r making money from naija. We finance their business, carryout d sales in naija but d money is taken to their country. No b their fault. Na our govt wey create loop holes for such looters to thrive.
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