Nigeria Holds Investment Forum in Oklahoma

Nigeria will later this month hold a three day business and investment forum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State, United States of America.

The forum which is a collaborative effort between the Oklahoma State Representative Office in Nigeria, State of Oklahoma, the City of Oklahoma and Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission will take place between September 24 and 26, 2002.

Three major economic sectors namely Agriculture and Agro-Allied, - Oil Gas, and Manufacturing (SMEs) will be the focus of the forum with special emphasis on interactions and matchmaking of businesses from both countries.

The Oklahoma State Department of Commerce has graciously agreed to invite American investors from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and other States in the region to the forum.

The programme will also feature facility visits to industrial complexes in the three economic sectors of focus at the forum.

Interested participants are hereby advised to contact the Economic Section, Embassy of Nigeria, Washington, DC on Telephone number 202-822-1500, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Abuja, Nigeria on telephone numbers 234-9-(413-4300; 413-1403; 413-0581) and ebuetse@nipc-nigeria.org.

5 September, 2002