Nigeria, UK yearly trade hits £4.2b (Nation)

Nigeria’s bilateral trade relationship with the United Kingdom (UK) is said to be worth £4.2 billion per annum. Britain’s Minister for Africa, Harriet Baldwin, who made this known yesterday in Abuja on the sideline of the visit of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May to Nigeria, praised the trade relations between the two countries, saying that more business partnerships would be announced. She said Britain was already partnering with Nigeria in the area of green financing, along with other partnerships with the Nigerian government, wich she said would create over 100,000 jobs in the country. Also, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, advised investors from the UK to take advantage of the improved business environment in Nigeria to invest in key sectors of the economy. Read more