Ebonyi, Abia, Rivers, Others Attracted Zero Foreign Investments In Six Months

By Wisdom Nwedene

In a recent released report, Foreign investors ignored Ebonyi State and 27 other states as the value of capital importation into Nigeria fell by 30 percent to $2.16 billion in the first half of 2023, from $3.11 billion in the same period last year.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its latest capital importation report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2023.

Nigeria’s capital imports for the first half of 2023 totalled $2.16 billion, with $1.13 billion imported in Q1 and $1.03 billion in Q2.

According to the NBS report, the 28 states that failed to attract foreign investment in H1 2023 include:

Abia
Bauchi
Bayelsa
Benue
Borno
Cross River
Delta
Ebonyi
Edo
Enugu
Gombe
Imo
Jigawa
Kaduna
Kano
Katsina
Kebbi
Kogi
Kwara
Nasarawa
Osun
Oyo
Plateau
Rivers
Sokoto
Taraba
Yobe
Zamfara