{"id":118826,"date":"2021-12-09T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=118826"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:58:08","slug":"insecurity-making-nigeria-unattractive-to-investors-says-trade-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/09\/insecurity-making-nigeria-unattractive-to-investors-says-trade-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity making Nigeria unattractive to investors, says Trade minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has stated that prevailing insecurity affected Nigeria&#8217;s ranking on the top 10 preferred investment destinations in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by the minister of trade and investment, Niyi Adebayo<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at the 26th ministerial press briefing organised by the presidential communication team at the presidential villa, Abuja.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Buhari while<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> speaking at the Expo 2020 Dubai trade and investment forum in UAE had said that Nigeria is \u2018Africa\u2019s most attractive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/04\/buhari-woos-investors-says-nigeria-is-africas-most-attractive-investment-destination\/\">investment<\/a> destination&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But a recent report by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) titled \u2018Where to Invest in Africa 2021\u2019 placed Nigeria in the 14th position on investment attractive nations in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the latest index, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa emerged as first, second, and third most preferred markets on the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rwanda and Botswana moved up the rankings from five and thirteen in 2020 to positions four and five, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The minister attributed the latest ranking by RMD to the security challenges in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe reason for that are various, the major one being the security problems that we have in the country,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to him, the federal government is making stringent efforts to resolve the security problems so that Nigeria will return to the position of being the preferred destination for investment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cHowever, having said this, the feedback that I have begun to get lately from some of the people, the foreign governments that I have been meeting is that our position is getting better because there seems to be a big interest now again in investing in Nigeria,\u201d the minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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