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Nigeria's Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment - Okechukwu Enelamah
Nigeria has renewed efforts to tackle economic recession and corruption, but with foreign investors pulling out, is it all too late?
Shaun Ley speaks to Okechukwu Enelamah, Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. Nigeria's economy is contracting for the first time in 25 years. The north-east is threatened by famine and President Buhari has promised renewed efforts to tackle the 'cancer' of corruption. Okechukwu Enelamah wants to break his country's dependence on oil. But with foreign investors pulling out and blaming hostile policies, has Nigeria left it all too late?
(Photo: Okechukwu Enelamah, Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment)
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