Motherland Beckons, last November,
signed a memorandum of understanding with world class business enterprise,
MUSIAD.
This MoU has afforded the
Nigerianand African youths at large an opportunity to tap into the business and
culture mix of both continents, intertwined with opportunities.
MUSIAD which stands for Independent
Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association is a “BUSINESSMEN’S ASSOCIATION”
founded on May 5, 1990, in Istanbul, Turkey, by concerned businessmen who have
a vision to forestall human rights and supremacy of the law, justice and
equality, peace and security, and the welfare and happiness of the people.
The Company in its philantropic
modality is an active and strong Non-governmental organisation (NGO) that
provides the platform for development, with dialogue, co-operation and
solidarity as tools created for the purpose of contributing to the social,
cultural, political, economic, scientific and technological development of
individuals and institutions.
With a whooping total of over 50,000
members with over 11,000 corporations with branches in over 175 locations
throughout the world, MUSIAD with the activation of the MoU has established an
e-commerce portal where all Africans and people can connect to purchase
products from Turkey.
The main headliner for this signed
agreement is to create a concerted effort to connect Turkey with the entire
continent of Africa and at the same time, create a platform in Turkey for
Africa where the whole world can come to trade and exchange cultures with
Africa .
In other words, those who deem the
travel miles of Africa enervating can fly in from Europe, Asia and the Americas
to Konya, Turkey, to connect with all parts of Africa.
This was what gave birth to ATTC
which stands for Africa Turkey Trade Center situated on the 20th floor of KULE
plaza, Konya.
In connecting with the entire
continent of Africa, plans have been made to establish business offices in all
the 54 African countries which commenced last year with the Lagos and Ghana
offices opened.
This is a platform created for the
whole continent of Africa in one portal for the world to trade and connect with
especially people of African descent and lovers of Africa. People all around
the world can log on to www.attc.web and be rest assured of a business like
never before.
Cote Divoire and the rest are slated
for 2017. The forum welcomes business interactions amongst entrepeneurs and
investors, so only serious minded business people and organizations are given
audience on the platform.
Also, they are in the process of
twinning a major city in Nigeria with a major city, Konya. This process is
meant to set the shores of Africa ablaze beyond the borders and as well bring
together universities of varying culture, customs and lifestyle for educational
enhancement. This platform also births the mixture of African and Turkish music
in a concert tagged “Africa Turkey Music amalgamation”.
Motherland Beckons is a creation of
Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye, who is dedicated to opening Africa to the world and
attracting Africans in Diaspora to the motherland. Over the years, Motherland
Beckons has contributed to the wellbeing of Africans in no small way by
offering a veritable platform to the Africans in the Diaspora and lovers of
Africa to visit, invest and possibly come back to settle down in Africa.
Motherland Beckons on the 1st of
May,2017 unveiled the Diaspora Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth
Plan–DNERGP at its headquarters in Lekki Lagos. It is a tourism initiative to
revive the ailing Nigerian economy, in consonance with the recently launched
Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017-2020-ERGP by the federal government.
This comes as an actualization of
the benefits and vision of the MoU signed in December. The efforts to resurrect
the ailing tourism sector and yet convalesce the entertainment industry has
brought to the fore a leisure and entertainment ‘investment’ which would cover
accommodation, feeding and transport for three days of fun, recreation,
authentic African music, drama, poetry, nightclubbing, etc.
Hence, for ease of operations and
logistic flexibility, activities have been covered with the creation of
Destination Lagos; Destination Cross River; Destination Abuja and Destination
South West. A foremost tour operator in Nigeria has been appointed to see the
activities through. With this initiative, expectations are high for the first
operational year to the tune of one million Nigerians and their one million
friends,with a corresponding $2B injection into the Nigerian economy.
Earlier estimates did not take into
consideration the cost of a return ticket by diasporans who would eventually
spend 1000USD and additional expenses on up-keep, souvenirs, shopping, and
sometimes, tips. Hence this would most likely translate to about $4,000 per
visiting diasporan in rough estimates. Some diasporans may come with more than
one friend with each friend spending a minimum of 1000USD.
Moreover, with convictions and
belief that from the projected 2 million visitors annually, about ten percent
(about 200,000) would take advantage of the available business opportunities
offered by the Motherland Beckons/MUSIAD Agreement to invest a minimum of
$10,000 in the economy. This automatically translates to an additional $20B
investment into the Nigerian economy.
As MUSIAD is a conglomerate of
business minds, there is also the business plan where Diaspora Nigerians who
are interested in doing business at home but cannot fathom what to do and how
to go about it can be distributors and part owners in companies and businesses
with good rate of returns on investment,under the auspices of the Motherland
Beckons/MUSIAD Treaty,signed in December,2016.
MUSIAD is bent on creating a
Diaspora Nigerian Industrial Zone for an eventual production of the products of
these companies after three years of test run and acclimatization with the huge
Nigerian market.About 2000 of these companies are ready to start business in
Nigeria as soon as possible.
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