Gbajabiamila Leads Nigerian Delegation to Canada Investment Mission
Nigeria’s Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, is leading a high-level delegation to Canada on an investment mission, according to THISDAYLIVE. The trip brings together state governors and federal officials in a push to attract foreign capital into Africa’s largest economy.
According to THISDAYLIVE, the delegation includes Babagana Zulum, Governor of Borno State in Nigeria’s northeast, and Charles Soludo, Governor of Anambra State in the southeast. The composition of the delegation, drawn from different geopolitical zones, reflects an effort to present investment opportunities from across Nigeria’s regions to prospective foreign partners.
Background on the participants
Gbajabiamila served as Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023, a position from which he engaged extensively with foreign legislatures and diplomatic missions. He subsequently joined the presidency as Chief of Staff, a role that places him at the centre of coordinating federal political engagements.
Zulum has governed Borno State since 2019, a tenure shaped by efforts to address the humanitarian and reconstruction challenges in the Lake Chad region. Soludo, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and economist, has led Anambra State since 2022 on a platform emphasising industrial growth and urban renewal.
Nigeria–Canada relations
Nigeria and Canada established diplomatic relations in 1960, the year of Nigeria’s independence. Bilateral ties have traditionally rested on trade, development assistance and educational exchange, with Canadian engagement spanning the extractive industries, agriculture and financial services.
Investment missions of this kind typically combine meetings with prospective private-sector investors, diaspora business networks and host-government officials. Further details of the agenda and duration of the Canada mission were not specified in the THISDAYLIVE report.
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