Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, has called on the organised private sector to make haste in harnessing the abundant blue economy potentials in the country.
Fubara also emphasised partnership between the government and the private sector to unlock the vast economic potentials of Rivers State and Nigeria at large.
The governor stated this at the Annual General Meeting/Conference of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture held in Port Harcourt on Thursday night.
The conference was ‘Gulf of Guinea and the Blue Economy: Pathways to Trade, Investment and Security Towards a $1 Trillion Economy’.
Represented by his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, the governor noted that if the organised private do not act fast to invest in the country’s blue economy, foreigners would take over the sector.
Fubara said the conference, which seeks to chart a pathway for a 1Trillion United States Dollars investment in the Gulf
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