Nigerian president to attend investors council meeting in France

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to lead a federal government delegation on a three-day official visit to France for a series of meetings of the Honorary International Investor Council (HIIC) on Nov. 23-25. President Jonathan is the chairman of the HIIC, which works with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council and has the responsibility to take practical steps to attract foreign direct investment into the West African country. Baroness Lynda Chalker is coordinator of the council. Members of the council are top-level international and local personalities who can authorize or influence investment decisions of companies and countries. Some of the members of the HIIC expected to attend the meetings include Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister of Pakistan, Zafar Siddiqi of CNBC Arabia, Malcolm Brinded of Shell, Lakshimi Mittal of Arcelor Mittal, Hidekazu Fajioka of Mitsubishi Corporation, Olivier Suinat of Hewlett Packard and Aliko Dangote. Others are Sheikh Khalid Alireza of Xenel Group of Saudi Arabia, Yves-Louis Darricarrere of Total, Neil Harvey of Credit Suisse, Femi Otedola of Zennon Petroleum and Gas and Pietro Franco Tali of Saipem.