Despite Nigeria's deepening economic crisis, numbers chief executives of major global corporations sought private meetings in New York with President Muhammadu Buhari, who is in the United States to take part in the United Nations General Assembly summit. The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who requested meetings with President Buhari included heads of Motorola, MasterCard, Visa, Proctor and Gamble, and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). A majority of the corporate executives represent energy firms, reflecting an area of Nigeria's critical need.
A senior official traveling with the Nigerian leader told our correspondent that the meetings between Mr. Buhari and corporate executives indicated the corporate leaders' "great confidence in Nigeria's economic recovery as well as the country's long-term investment prospects."
The CEOs of financial services firms, Charles Scharf of Visa, and Ajay Banga of MasterCard, were among those scheduled to see Mr. Buhari in New York City. MasterCard's Daniel Monehin, president of the firm's division of sub-Saharan Africa, was expected to join Mr. Banga at the meeting with the Nigerian leader. Our source said the MasterCard executives wanted to talk to President Buhari about the possible uses of public-private partnerships "to advance global financial inclusion efforts."
A senior official traveling with the Nigerian leader told our correspondent that the meetings between Mr. Buhari and corporate executives indicated the corporate leaders' "great confidence in Nigeria's economic recovery as well as the country's long-term investment prospects."
The CEOs of financial services firms, Charles Scharf of Visa, and Ajay Banga of MasterCard, were among those scheduled to see Mr. Buhari in New York City. MasterCard's Daniel Monehin, president of the firm's division of sub-Saharan Africa, was expected to join Mr. Banga at the meeting with the Nigerian leader. Our source said the MasterCard executives wanted to talk to President Buhari about the possible uses of public-private partnerships "to advance global financial inclusion efforts."
Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of Motorola, was named as one of the corporate leaders who sought a meeting with the Nigerian president. According to our source, another executive, Andrew Alli of Africa Finance Corporation, asked for a meeting to enable him to introduce his organization's infrastructure financing services.
- As Reported by SAHARA REPORTERS
- As Reported by SAHARA REPORTERS