to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohammed Rimi
Nigerian Ambassador to
the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohammed Rimi, has advised Nigerians coming to
Dubai for genuine businesses to consult with the Embassy or the Consulate
before embarking on such ventures.
The ambassador gave the
advice in an interview in Dubai at the 5th Edition of the Global Business Forum
(GBF) on Africa tagged `Scale-Up Africa’ which kicked off on Monday.
Rimi said that it was always
better to let the embassy know in advance of any business venture.
“In fact, if they need
assistance, we wi
find ll try as much as we can to provide them with such. There are
those who already have their contacts before coming.
“For us to keep track of genuine busine house sses, they need to let us know; even if they have a partner here when they come.< o:p>
“They should let us know who their part business ners are when they come here and what they are doing. Fine, if they have done
“If not, we can also do
some due diligence for them,” he said.
According to him, If you
tell me you are dealing with Company A and that you are coming to meet with
that company, whether you ask us or not to do due diligence, I will try to find
out what that company is all about.
“Because a lot of the
businesses happen which are not documented by the Consulate.
“So, it very difficult
sometime for us to say there is this number of visitors coming to do business
here in Dubai. So we do not have the statistics of people coming to do business
in Dubai,” Rimi said.
On the image of
Nigerians in that country, the ambassador said that the UAE Government and its
citizens had high regards for Nigerians and Nigeria.
He noted that 98 per
cent of Nigerians living or visiting in Dubai were well behaved.
The ambassador, however,
said that there were over 10,000 Nigerians living in Dubai,.
Rimi described the
government of UAE as very liberal and tolerant to all.
According to him, the
country’s government had seen the world and equally moved round the world to
see what was happening around.
The first session of the
Forum examined key trends and technologies driving business growth across the
African continent.
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