Consisting of 149 Business Councils, 141
Bilateral Business Councils, 6 Sector-specific Business Councils and 2 Special
Purpose Business Councils, DEIK is the Turkish Board assigned to organize and
manage the foreign economic relations of the Turkish private sector, in particular,
with respect to foreign trade, international investments, services, contracting
and logistics amongst others.
During the talks, the three parties agreed
to partner in staging quarterly Business Investment Forums across Turkiye to
further acquaint the Turkish business community with Nigeria’s investment
opportunities.
NIPC is to further facilitate the smooth
entry of the Turkish investors into the Nigerian economic space, provide
aftercare services to Turkish businesses already operating in the country as
well as formulate a roadmap for 2022 and 2023 to ensure robust engagement and
sensitization of the Turkish business community on the country’s investment
prospects. The Commission will also initiate the MOU that will kickstart the
process.
The D-8 Summit attracted participation from
7 Economic Ministers, all Investment Promotion Agencies of the member nations,
and NACCIMA, representing Nigeria’s private sector, amongst other top
government officials.
NIPC’s acting Executive Secretary/CEO, Mr
Emeka Offor pitched Nigeria’s investment prospects to investors at the Summit.