Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed an assurance from the Centenary City Plc that all the original inhabitants of the site have been fully compensated.
President Buhari speaking after being briefed by the Chairman of the company’s board of directors, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and members of its management team, hailed the centenary city’s main development partners from the United Arab Emirates for having enough confidence in Nigeria to agree to invest about $18.5bn in the project.
The president also welcomed the assertion by Gen. Abubakar and his team that the project will create about 250,000 more direct jobs in the capital and about half a million indirect jobs.
Gen. Abubakar and the management of the Centenary City also told President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo who was also present that the project will be totally driven by the private sector.
See more photos from the meeting as obtained from LindaIkeji’s blog:
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