Governor Orji assures foreign investors of security in Abia state

Abia State a Governor, Chief Theodore Orji has assured foreign investors of adequate security in the state.

The Governor is in China with President Goodluck Jonathan on a business investment summit.

A statement by his chief press secretary, Ugo Emezue, said Orji, while hosting a group of private investors in Beijing, maintained that Abia is one of the safest states in Nigeria as security is being maintained round the clock.

He declared that Abia is a virgin market for foreign investments in various sectors like Oil and Gas, Housing, Education, Agriculture, Transportation, Commerce and Industry, Health, and Tourism. He said that the improved security and infrastructure, tax breaks were among incentives for prospective investors, adding that the agility of the state’s work force and her cordial relationship with foreigners were other benefits of investing in Abia.

Earlier, the Governor shortly before leaving for China, inspected some ophthalmology equipment owned by MECURE, an indian firm, in Lagos.

Orji in an interview with newsmen, stated that the State has recorded great mile stone in the health sector with the establishment of a world class Diagnostic Centre in Umuahia and Aba, an achievement he described as a product of foreign investment drive.

According to him, his administration, having established a Dialysis Centre, is set to build a world class ophthalmology Centre in Umuahia .

During his stay in China, Orji will interact with Abians living there, before returning home with the President.

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