PORTUGAL: Nigeria's Foreign Minister Gbenga Ashiru calls on Portuguese companies to take advantage of investment opportunities in his country

Record ID: 235900

  • Title: PORTUGAL: Nigeria's Foreign Minister Gbenga Ashiru calls on Portuguese companies to take advantage of investment opportunities in his country
  • Date: 10th January 2013
  • Summary: LISBON, PORTUGAL (JANUARY 10, 2013) (REUTERS) NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER GBENGA ASHIRU ARRIVING FOR MEETING VARIOUS OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER GBENGA ASHIRU AND PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT ANIBAL CAVACO SILVA AT MEETING ASHIRU LEAVING CAMERAWOMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, GBENGA ASHIRU, SAYING: "It is the view of Nigeria that Portugal and Nigeria should work more closely together to deepen bilateral relations, especially in the economic field where we believe some Portuguese companies are active in Nigeria but that a lot more Portuguese companies can still come to Nigeria and partake in the ongoing reforms in the country." CAMERAMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER GBENGA ASHIRU SAYING: "We have a transformational agenda going on in Nigeria in the agricultural sector, in the power sector, energy sector, oil and gas and we believe the Portuguese companies should move in and take advantage of the opportunities there. Apart from that we discussed cooperation between Nigeria and Portugal in the area of maintaining peace and security in west Africa." ASHIRU LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 25th January 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Portugal
  • Country: Portugal
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA2MDTDZD7YN1QIQPXE4DT695CJ
  • Story Text: Nigeria's foreign minister called on Portuguese companies to invest in Nigeria during his visit to Portugal on Thursday (January 10).

    "It is the view of Nigeria that Portugal and Nigeria should work more closely together to deepen bilateral relations, especially in the economic field where we believe some Portuguese companies are active in Nigeria but that a lot more Portuguese companies can still come to Nigeria and partake in the ongoing reforms in the country," Gbenga Ashiru said after meeting with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva.

    "We have a transformational agenda going on in Nigeria in the agricultural sector, in the power sector, energy sector, oil and gas and we believe the Portuguese companies should move in and take advantage of the opportunities there," he added.
    Ashiru said he also discussed issues of cooperation in the area of peace and security in west Africa with the Portuguese president.
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