Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode on Monday evening expressed the desire of his administration to
partner with the Federal Republic of Germany in areas of security,
transport, technology and development finance to give a quantum leap to
establishment and sustenance of businesses in the State.
Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos
House in Ikeja while playing host to the President of Germany, Mr.
Joachim Gauck, said he was also favourably disposed to a sister-city
relationship between Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria, and
Frankfurt, the commercial hub of Germany, especially in the area of
financial service sector.
He told the German President that his administration had instituted
security and legal reforms to ensure a thriving business environment.
According to Ambode, “We have invested deeply in security to
ensure that every foreigner is protected in Lagos here and in Nigeria in
particular, I am committed to ensure that every German is accounted for
in Lagos and we would make sure that they live a very safe and
comfortable life.
“I must recognise quickly the volume of
German investments that we have in Lagos, I must also recognise quickly
what it means to us because ultimately it is about creation of jobs for
our people and where we see a situation where we have willing partners
and by the demonstration of the number and quality of businessmen that
you have brought in this delegation, I am assured that we would have so
much to do together as we proceed.
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