The three-day Economic transformation, capital formation and prosperity summit, with the theme: “from potential to prosperity”, has ended in Makurdi the Benue state capital, with governor Hyacinth Alia looking forward towards greater prosperity.
Governor Alia who made the remark at the closing ceremony held at SEMA headquarters Makurdi enjoin participants to strive hard and tap into the $5bn earmarked for Plan investment stakeholders.
“Let me challenge you to transform knowledge obtained at this summit for the purpose of harnessing knowledge into practicality in order to ensure self reliance, strengthen measures with a view to addressing challenges in the State”, he stated.
He assured of his administration’s continuous creation of an enabling environment for people of the state to realize their potentials, calling on stakeholders including Hudson Global Consulting firm to sustain cooperation for better Benue.
In a presentation, the Group Managing Director of Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC), Dr Raymond Asemakaha, held that , despite Benue’s Population of over 7. 3 million, was grappling with lack of structure in agricultural resources.
He noted with grave concern that Benue have possessed fertile land, aboundant water resources, rich mineral deposits, vibrant youthful population and enormous entrepreneurial potential, yet, such natural endowments, the full economic value of these assets has remained largely untapped.
“The challenge before us is therefore, not the absence of resources. It is the need to deliberately transform our resources into wealth, our ideas into enterprise, our people into productive human capital, and our potential into measurable prosperity”, Asemakaha stated.
The BIPC Group Managing Director, explained that the summit was designed to chat a bold and practical roadmap for creating a globally competitive economy driven by investment, innovation, industrialization, agriculture, technology, manufacturing, tourism, infrastructure, and sustainable enterprise development.
According to him, the clear ambition is to build a $5 billion investment platform that will mobilize public and private capital, unlock strategic partnerships, stimulate industrial growth, create thousands of jobs among others and position Benue as one of African’s most attractive investment destination.
One of the partners, Prince Tom Isehoni, of Hudson Global Consulting, whose carrier spans leadership roles and enterprise initiatives within organizations, assured of willingness to support government in navigating rapid growth, integration complexity, modernization pressure among others.
The summit was attended by captains of industries, development partners, investors, policymakers, members of the academia, entrepreneurs and young innovators.
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