- Nigeria has
signed a deal with Ukraine for the importation of grains from the war-torn
country.
- The partnership
is economic rather than humanitarian.
- Both countries
are excited to begin a business partnership with each other.
- Nigeria is weeks
away from receiving its first batch of grain imports from Ukraine.
During the week,
Nigeria signed the “Grains from Ukraine” project, which is slated to take
effect in February and would see Nigeria receiving grain imports from the war
torn eastern European country Ukraine.
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According
to Nairametrics, a news publication in Nigeria, this information was
disclosed by “the Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola
Solskyi, who led a delegation to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Geoffrey Onyeama, and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart,
Mohammad Abubakar, in Abuja.”
The rationale
behind the decision is to establish a trade-partnership with Nigeria,
subsequently initiating a grain hub in all of Africa, with Nigeria having been
its launching pad.
“Development of
such hubs will make it possible to bring in high-quality grains into your
country and it will influence prices in your country positively. Ukraine
intends to develop two or three hubs in Africa and taking into consideration
the capacity of your country, the grain hub in your country is priority number
one. If we implement it well it would be a practical step towards businesses
reaching a new level,” the minister stated.
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“Despite the war
with Russia, the Ukrainian food industry wants to have closer relations with
Nigeria and we are very thankful to you that your country is ready to develop
these relations.” He added.
“Despite all the
events going on in the world, our countries are ready to develop this
cooperation. The Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian president are ready to
pay a lot of attention to this development. We want to have regular contacts
every year not only by our agriculture ministers but other ministers as
well.” He concluded.
Ukraine also set
the record straight, that this is not a humanitarian aid but a
trade-partnership.
In light of the
deal the Nigerian minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed
Abubakar, noted that the establishment of grain hubs in the country are already
in effect.
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“We appreciate
and commend you that despite the war you still found time to extend a gesture
of friendship to Nigeria and also donated grains. I can assure you that the
relations with Ukraine will improve, we have been having business with Ukraine,
especially in the agriculture sector and I can say that over 30% of our
agricultural businesses are with Ukraine, especially in the area of wheat,
fertilizer and other grains. And this I can assure you will continue to improve
our relationship,” the minister said.
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