The Kaduna state government is working to consolidate the 2.6 billion dollars in investments it had attracted since 2016, ahead of the sixth edition of the annual Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit, KADINVEST.
Executive Secretary of Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency, KADIPA Umma Aboki explained that private investment is the best vehicle for job creation, and it is eager to bring together the sector, international development partners and finance institutions to identify opportunities in the state and take the investment initiatives that create growth.
She announced this at a pre-event press briefing in Kaduna, adding that the summit had been slated for September 23 to 24, with the theme, ”Towards a sustainable knowledge-based economy”.
Umma said the short term goal of the summit was to deliver on job creation, inclusive economic growth, socio-economic transformation and improvement in the quality of life, through higher productivity and competitiveness.
