The Managing Director of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics company (LADOL), Dr. Amy Jadesimi has disclosed that the firm has attracted over $500million worth of investments in the over 23 years of its existence.
Jadesimi dropped this hint during a tour of its facility by the Nigerian Export Processing Zone Authority NEPZA in Lagos, stating that the zone has made a projection to create 30,000 jobs in the next three years.
According to her, “The intent is to make Nigeria the hub for industrial activities for the entire African region. The zone which serves as a logistics hub for multinational industrial and offshore companies will soon diversify into agricultural processing, parts manufacturing, and other industrial activities.
“We have had every challenge you can think of as a zone, we are developing infrastructure and facilities to overcome these hurdles. One of the biggest hurdles is the self-belief in Nigerians. Nigerians need to support each other, foreigners cannot get away with some of the negative things they do in their country, but because of lack of support for each other, they get away with a lot.”
From available information, NEPZA is already doing a lot in the zones, with its support and government backing.
Echoing similar sentiments, an analyst said, LADOL is a good example of how the private sector can thrive with the support of NEPZA as government.
“NEPZA monitors and safeguard the zones tying it to investments. They also ensure that activities of the zones are working according to Nigerian government rules and regulations, for each step LADOL takes, NEPZA monitors as a government to ensure it is taking the right step.
“LADOL is poised to create an environment for local, international and multinational investors. NEPZA as government parastatal is to ensure the country becomes self-sufficient and becomes a supplier of industrial, agricultural materials and services to the world. Ladol has had its challenges but remained focused through it all.”
Source:The Nation
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