The House of Representatives says it has put in place measures aimed at wooing investors from Switzerland to Nigeria.
The Chairman, Nigeria Switzerland Friendship Group in the House of Representatives, Hon Ambaiowei Rodney Ebikebina, gave assurances when he met with the Deputy Switzerland Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Lukas Schifferle, in Abuja.
He expressed the readiness of the House of Representatives to put in place relevant legislation to achieve the objective.
Cordial relationship
The lawmaker reiterated the resolve of the National Assembly to sustain the cordial relationship with their counterpart from Switzerland.
“Apart from that too Nigerians and Switzerland have been friends for quite some decades and there has also been business relationship between the citizens of both countries. We have a lot of business activities with the Swiss in Lagos.
“We also want to look at areas where legislations are not too friendly to the Switzerland business men in this country. Where we need to assist them through legislation we will assist them so that Switzerland businesses in this country can thrive well.
“Another area is to see how we create a kind of bilateral relationship between both countries through the parliament, ideas we need to get from Switzerland so that we get them to foster the economic growth of the country.
“We realize a lot of opportunities that have been lagging behind that are open to Nigerians. You can see that that friendship group is achieving the desired results.”
Judiciously harnessed
The chairman house committee on Nigeria and Switzerland parliamentary friendship at panel’s inaugural meeting said the opportunities presented through the friendship between both Countries since the last few decades, would be Judiciously harnessed to benefit the nation.
He noted that there is need to maintain the cordial relationship between both countries through constant parliamentary interactions.
Meanwhile the Committee on Delegated legislation chaired by Rep Olufemi Bamisile from Ekiti state, has called for the unwavering commitment of MDAS under its purview to discharge their relegated duties to Nigerians.
He stated this while meeting with some agencies under its watch at the house of Representatives.
The Chairman said that the opportunities presented through the friendship between both Countries since the last few decades, will be duly harnessed to benefit h Nations.
He added that there is need to maintain the cordial relationship between both countries through constant parliamentary interactions.
Lateefah Ibrahim
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