19.05.2016 - Sovereign Wealth Fund hits N358b
The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), which manages Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, has a total assets of about $1.8 billion (about N358 billion at current official exchange rate) under its management. Its Managing Director, Mr. Uche Orji, during a visit to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday in Lagos, gave the breakdown of the assets to include seed capital of $1.25 billion and third party funds of about $550 million. Orji said the NSIA is shifting its focus from foreign investments to domestic investments, noting that the company led other investors in recent investments in a dairy farm and tomato paste firm in the Northern part of the country...............................................Full Article: Source
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