The federal government is committed to consolidating the position of Nigeria as Africa’s largest economy through dynamic local and international investment policies and projects, Trade and Investment Minister Segun Aganga said in Abuja, yesterday.

Speaking at the signing of an agreement between the TafawaBalewa Square Management Board, TBSMB, and the Infrastructure Bank Plc toward the development of the 25-storey Independence Building, Lagos into a National Trade and International Business Centre, Mr. Aganga said the country would realise its dream of becoming one of the world’s top-20 economies by year 2020.

The minister said the project, which he described as a “game changer,” would give Nigeria an iconic building in the league of the Ronald Reagan Centre in Washington DC.

He said the choice of the Infrastructure Bank as the financial advisor for the project and the agreement signing were quick steps to ensure its speedy completion.

Aganga described the bank as a premier development financing institution with the domain expertise and market credibility to structure and attract a renowned concessionaire to undertake the development of a world-class international trade centre.