The outcome of a United Kingdom trade delegation sent to Nigeria has resulted in a partnership between the two countries in the areas of “sophisticated” fish farming and infrastructure development.
The final outcome came to be following the meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama.
Speaking about their mission to Nigeria, the head of the UK delegation, Mr Emmanuel Finndoro-Obasi, said the team was in the country to explore areas of collaboration with Nigeria.’
Finndoro-Obasi, who also doubles as the Director, Africa House London Limited, said that the mission was further engineered towards strengthening UK relations with Africa.
“We are looking at bringing in one of the most sophisticated fish farming into the country that would be capable of producing tonnes of fish.
“Discussion is currently going on with local partners and they will specialise in Tilapia; that is one thing we believe will help the country.
“In infrastructure, we are engaging with NAMA to build 5000 homes.
“We are currently engaging also with Niger State, looking at building and renovating their hospital equipment to reduce the amount of medical migration,” he said.
Responding to Finndoro-Obasi’s, the foreign affairs minister said the Federal Government was promoting a business friendly environment to enhance foreign investment and local exports.
The minister said that the country’s foreign missions would be used to promote business partnerships globally.
“The idea is that with the 114 countries which we have embassies in, we are going to use each embassy as an extension of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“So, there would be a focal point in each embassy whose job would be to create partnerships between Nigerian businesses and foreign businesses.
“In the case of the UK for instance, any Nigerian entrepreneur that wants to partner with UK business will upload onto a database that we are preparing online,” Onyeama said.
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