CCA President and CEO Meets with Nigeria's Acting President

CCA President and CEO met with H.E. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Acting President, Federal Republic of Nigeria today. The Vice President congratulated Ms. Liser on her new role and spoke about potential areas for collaboration with CCA. He stressed the importance of driving trade between both countries. He also spoke about the progress being made in the Niger Delta, reforms around the ease of doing business, AGOA, and the importance of Nigeria being positioned in the global supply chain.Ms. Liser also met with H.E. Geoffrey Onyeama, Honorable Minister for Foreign Affairs. Minister Onyeama spoke about his plan to drive economic diplomacy and leverage the 114 foreign offices to drive FDI into Nigeria. He also spoke highly of U.S. businesses and commended the continued enthusiasm to invest and do business in Nigeria.Finally, Ms. Liser had a meeting with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah. The Minister spoke about successes on trade including the recently approved establishment of the Nigeria Office for Trade Negotiation. One of the functions of the office is to drive proactive negotiation in the areas of trade and investment. The Ministry will be the focal ministry in trade negotiations while the other ministry-members of the presidential economic team will play a supporting role. He also spoke about the need to entrench economic diversification in Nigeria and emphasized that an enabling environment and infrastructure development are key to these efforts.Ms. Liser is attending a roundtable in her honor with Nigerian and U.S. businesses later this evening.