Ambode hosts Dangote, assures investors of govt support

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday hosted the President of Dangote Group,
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, giving a commitment that the present administration is willing and ready to make investors have a comfortable business profile in the State.
The Governor, who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja, added that the administration is ready to support the Dangote Group, where necessary, towards ensuring that investors have comfortable lives.
“I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we are willing and ready to make sure that investors have
comfortable lives and comfortable business profile in Lagos State,” the Governor said in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna.
The Governor, who described the visit as very significant, promised that his administration would open up the state for greater business just as it is also interested in attracting foreign investors through its creation of an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment.
The Governor also thanked the Dangote Group President for donating N400 Million through the Dangote Foundation to 2,000 women in each of the 20 Local Governments in the state for improving their businesses.
Addressing government house correspondents shortly after the meeting, Alhaji Dangote said he and his team were at the Lagos House to congratulate Governor Ambode on his victory at the poll