Heirs Holdings Chairman, Tony Elumelu is asking Indian private sector to invest in Nigeria.

He spoke at the Nigeria-India presidential roundtable and conference on Wednesday, in New Delhi, India.

The meeting was jointly organised by the Nigeria high commission to India, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Nigeria-India Business Council (NIBC).

Elumelu, who was in Delhi for the Group 20 (G20) summit said:

“This is the time to invest in Nigeria. I speak as a private sector investor in Nigeria, the companies in our Group’s investment portfolio demonstrate the opportunity.”

“I believe you also can take advantage of our track record and Success.”

“Nigeria is a huge market; over 200 million people with the largest economy on the continent.”

“The demography of the population is exciting.”

“We have a cohort of young people who are there to consume, and we also have people who are intelligent, energetic, hardworking, who provide the human capital that investors need to drive their businesses.”