…visits NIPC ES/CEO in Abuja
Zamfara Investment Promotion Agency (ZIPA) says it is working on easing investment procedures for prospective investors in the state.
ZIPA said this is aimed at fostering better working relationship with investors in sync with what obtains at the Federal level.
ZIPA Executive Secretary, Hajia Mariam Yaro, stated this during her courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Aisha Rimi, in Abuja.
According to Yaro, Zamfara is one of the states in the country blessed with a large number of mineral resources.
The ZIPA boss disclosed that Zamfara currently houses 60 per cent of the mineral resources found in Nigeria.
She added that the state is also blessed with considerable agricultural produce as well as a good number of industries that needed to be revived to create job opportunities for the people.
Hajia Yaro also assured that Zamfara State has put in place certain security measures that would ensure the safety of investors, their investments and properties.
She said her visit to the NIPC would ensure an enhanced and better working synergy with the Federal agency by creating a safer investment environment in Zamfara State.
In her response, the NIPC Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Aisha Rimi, described the visit of the ZIPA boss as apt and timely.
Rimi disclosed that from 2024, NIPC planned to work with state investment agencies to promote and boost investments at the state level.
She noted that the security challenge is a major lapse facing Zamfara State.
The NIPC boss, however, requested that ZIPA be included in the IPA certification programme.