The new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Aisha Rimi, has pledged to advance Nigeria’s economy through strategic investment promotion.
Rimi made this pledge during her opening address after resuming at NIPC headquarters on Monday, in Abuja.
In a major reshuffling last Friday, President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of a new lineup of leadership for 12 agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the move is “in line with the president’s resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large-scale industry facilitation in the country,”
Addressing the staff, the NIPC boss pledged to reposition the NIPC to attract new routes of foreign investments into Nigeria to shore up the dwindling revenue of the government and the much-needed jobs.
She also thanked the president for the privilege to contribute to the economic growth of the country.
She said, “First, I am grateful to Mr President for this opportunity because there are over 100 million persons who could be doing this job.
“So I don’t take it lightly and I don’t take it for granted.
“It is a task I don’t take lightly because NIPC is the gateway to Nigeria and without a functional, operational, and efficient NIPC, investment will just amount to nothing.
“We are not just here to promote but also to facilitate and if we succeed, Nigeria will succeed. I am too old to japa and I can’t go anywhere.”
Aisha Rimi takes over from Hajja Wakil who has served in an acting capacity.
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