The Forum will draw participants from the United States business community as
well as funding agencies. It is organised by the Center in collaboration with two
other organizations;
Africare and Constituency for Africa, all based in the US
capital.
During his two day visit, the Rivers State Governor will also be speaking at
another breakfast session to select members of the Nigerian Working Group at
Corporate Council on Africa and at the renowned Center for Strategic
International Studies, a renowned policy think tank.
Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi is one of the Governors alongside Raji
Fashola of Lagos State who have raised the bar of infrastructural development in
their various states by making huge investments.
He recently embarked on the development of a brand new city known as the
Greater Port Harcourt City. The aim of the project is to decongest the
overcrowded city of Port Harcourt and create new jobs opportunities for the youth
population who hitherto have found past time in restiveness.
Speaking on the visit, Uche Igwe, a former Africa Policy Scholar at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and now Visiting Scholar at
the Africa Program at SAIS Johns Hopkins University Washington DC said
Investment at the state level is critical to transformation of rural communities.
His words “we are happy that our Governors are visiting for talk to US investors.
The level of infrastructural development needed in Nigeria is quite huge.
“Investment at the state level is critical to transformation of rural communities.
Nigerian States need the support of external actors and smart investors
especially in the Niger Delta. Governor Rotimi Amaechi is leading the way which
hopefully his colleagues will emulate.”
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