{"id":24662,"date":"2018-06-27T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T11:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=24662"},"modified":"2018-06-27T12:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T11:20:48","slug":"european-bank-to-invest-e700m-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/european-bank-to-invest-e700m-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"European Bank To Invest \u20ac700m In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Regional Representative for West Africa of European Investment Bank (EIB),<\/p>\n

Ms Isabelle Grunderbeeck, has disclosed that the \u00a0bank plans to invest 700 million euros in some identified projects in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Grunderbeeck disclosed this at the bank\u2019s interactive meeting with its clients and other stakeholders in Abuja\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

She said that the planned investment was in addition to the fund already committed to the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEIB is currently identifying new projects for a total amount of 700 million euros on top of the funds already committed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe finance large infrastructure project, and we are also important financier of climate, we are looking into the renewable energy sector of the economy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The official said that the bank had so far invested 296 million Euros in Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria in the last eight years.<\/p>\n

She said that the bank had also invested 87 million euros in 65 companies through the investment funds.<\/p>\n

\u201c Since 2010, EIB disbursed 296 million euros under seven facilities signed with nine Nigerian banks and 210 million euros for 50 sub-projects disbursed to be on-lent in foreign currency.<\/p>

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\u201cAverage allocation amount per project was 4.5 million euros.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was spent on wholesale and retail trade, education, manufacturing, construction, transportation, accommodation, human health, information and communication, electricity and gas, agriculture, scientific and technical activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2018, EIB disbursed 17 million euros equity participation in Development Bank of Nigeria funding intermediaries for on lending to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in local currency,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Ketil Karlsen described the bank\u2019s investment in Nigeria as valuable addition to the existing cooperation between the EU and Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Karlsen said that Nigeria had the largest EIB investments in the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith development cooperation through policy dialogue and many efforts, the biggest investment bank in the world is engaging more decisively with Nigeria; this is a wonderful progress that we are seeing now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the figure and the continuous engagement of the bank in Nigeria and its increasing portfolio, Nigeria is number one country in the ACP that is having the bank\u2019s support for private businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we are doing this in order to find a lasting solution to the migration problem in the country; the bank is creating opportunity for the youth in the country to be engaged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investment will help to address the challenge of migration and to provide long term solution to the irregular migration issue, this is the best opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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