President Goodluck Jonathan is to perform the groundbreaking ceremony at the 37-storey Abuja World Trade Centre located on 6.102 hectares of land along Constitution Road, Central Business District, Abuja in September, 2011.
Mohammed disclosed that the investor, First Intercontinental Limited, a subsidiary of Churchgate Investments Limited, has obtained a WTC licence from the United States World Trade Centre to replicate the project in Nigeria.
The minister added that the administration has already attracted $2.6 billion direct foreign investment from a US company, Balkan Group, for the development of Down Town project and infrastructure.
According to him, World Trade Centre, a non-profit and non-political association, was established to promote and facilitate world trade and provides a platform to the world by connecting nearly 300 cities and 85 countries through a powerful array of information and services, adding that over 750,000 companies are affiliated with World Trade Centre Association (WTCA).
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