Isaac Aregbesola
Abuja – The Acting Nigerian High Commissioner in South Africa, Amb. Martins Cobham has advised South African investors to invest in concrete sectors that could create jobs for teeming Nigerian youths in Nigeria.
Cobham, in a telephone interview from Pretoria, South Africa with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja, said that was the only way to forestall irregular migration from one country to another.
The envoy said that the overall interest of South African or any other country’s investors aside making profit should be to create mutual jobs for the host country.
“As much as we have investors coming to Nigeria from South Africa, those investors should create jobs for our teeming youths.
“This should be in such a way to help or forestall migration from one country to another,” he said.
Cobham advised that all stakeholders in Nigeria to join hands with the three tiers of government to create an enabling environment where investment could thrive.
He said that Federal Government’s effort to ensure that enabling environment was put in place was commendable.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari led-administration recently established Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council with the aim of reviewing and addressing all encumbrances in the business environment.
Cobham said that Nigerian Mission in South Africa would ensure that only genuine investors and their managerial members of staff are giving visa to come to Nigeria.
“At the embassy, we shall verify papers of any South African that wants to go and work in South African’s companies in Nigeria.
“This is because if those jobs can be done by Nigerians or available for Nigerian graduates, why bringing in your own people.
“If it is at the level of management, we can allow South Africans to go and work in their companies in Nigeria such as MTN, Multi choice or Shoprite.
However, jobs for the low or middle career people must be left for Nigerians,” he said (NAN)