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UNGA: US agency commits $320m to Nigeria's mortgage refinancing, SMEs

POSTED ON September 24, 2024 •   Breaking News      BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara
Vice President Kashim Shettima

The Federal Government has secured a commitment from the United States Chamber of Commerce for an investment of approximately $320 million in mortgage refinancing and women's empowerment initiatives.

This was announced at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York, United States.

The gesture was revealed in a release by a Presidential spokesman in the Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkeocha, late night on Monday.

This came just as Vice President Kashim Shettima, who is leading the federal government delegation and representing President Bola Tinubu at this year’s UNGA, has met with other members of Nigeria’s delegation to strategise on Nigeria’s engagements in New York.

At a US-Nigeria Executive Business Roundtable hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce, Nisha Biswal of the American International Development Finance Corporation announced that with a portfolio of  $1 billion, it was investing $200 million in mortgage refinancing in Nigeria.

The sum of $100 million has been earmarked for FCMB to finance SMEs in Nigeria, with particular interest in women empowerment.

The US Chamber of Commerce also announced that $20 million had been approved for a firm, Robust International, for processing of cashew nuts in Nigeria.

Biswal said the American Chamber remained committed to working with Nigerians in the development and pursuit of sustainable economic policies.

Appreciating the gesture of the group, Shettima reiterated Tinubu’s commitment to investor-friendly policies.

He stated: “I urge you to give Nigeria the benefit of the doubt. The current administration led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the most investor-friendly administration in the history of Nigeria.

"When fuel subsidy was an albatross around Nigeria’s neck, President Tinubu, from day one, hit the ground running by withdrawing the fuel subsidy and unifying the multiple opaque foreign exchange markets.”

Earlier on Monday, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, led other members to brief the Vice President on the activities and itinerary lined up for him in New York.

Tuggar outlined the programmes and activities, saying the Vice President was expected to deliver the  President’s national statement at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly.

Apart from Tinubu’s national statement delivery, Shettima was also expected to meet with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

Aside from other heads of state lined up to meet with the Vice President, there were also scheduled meetings with the heads of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States; the President of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; the Director General of the International Atomic Agency, and multinational companies, among others.

Also on the itinerary of the Vice President was a meeting with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a host of other international partners.

Top Nigerian officials present at the meeting included the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani; Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye; Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji; Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, and Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite.

Others were Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Dele Alake; Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Kunle Salako; Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar and Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mohammed Mohammed, among others.

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