I will create a good environment for you – Alex Otti tells foreign investors

Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State has promised people who want to invest in the state that he would keep his word.

He said that he would make it easier for new investments to come in and also bring back investments that had left the state in the past.

He said this while meeting with investors from the US, China, and Brazil led by Dr. John Nwankwo, CEO of Comfort Stevens. They were there to tell him about their big industrial footwear project that will start in Owerri-Nta in Isiala Ngwa south council by December 2024.

When the governor met with his guests, he told them that his government would help them finish building their footwear factory in Owerri-nta.

He said that he would always work with projects that would help him reach his goal of giving jobless people in Abia jobs.

According to him, ”I want to congratulate you for not giving up and I’m happy that you have gotten to this level that you are hopeful of commissioning by December.

“If there’s anything we can do to support you to make that December a reality, please don’t hesitate to ask.”

Otti stressed how important it is for countries to make their own goods and said that no country has ever grown by buying foreign goods and not making their own.

The Governor was happy to hear that one of the company’s goals is to train and upskill current shoemakers in Aba. He also said that the government was ready to work with the company.

“The major problem a lot of them have is finishing. Lots of them are impatient, a lot of them don’t have the right tools, a lot of them don’t have the right skills so it would be interesting if you have Comfort Stevens double as not just products but also as a training and finishing school for our young ones because there are a lot of them.

“Go to shoe plaza and see what the young men and women are doing there with bare hands you’ll understand that if you introduce them to technology, they will give much more,” he added.