Japan To Establish Automotive Industry In Nigeria

Japan, through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) seeks to establish an automotive industry in Nigeria, aimed at strengthening trade bilateral relations between the two countries.
This was revealed, when the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Evelyn Ngige, received the Chief Representative of the JICA in Nigeria, Mr. Yuzurio Susumu in her office in  Abuja.
The Permanent Secretary expressed appreciation over JICA’s collaboration in trade and industrial policies which includes coordination, cooperation and implementation of such policies in Nigeria.
Ngige urged JICA to leverage on Japan’s trade and industrial policies as a working document in the review of Nigeria’s trade and industrial policies to achieve optimum results.
She highlighted other areas of collaboration, which includes training of young professionals of the Ministry, e-commerce, animation, artificial intelligence and other capacity building programmes, stressing that “We need closer engagement with JICA”.
Earlier, the Chtief Representative of JICA in Nigeria, Mr. Yuzurio Susumu, stated that the Government of Japan is always ready to collaborate with Nigeria to strengthen trade bilateral relationship between the two countries, saying that his government seeks to establish an automotive industry for Africa, and Nigeria is the focal point.
He stressed that “the world is now moving to a green economy for industrial growth and development and Nigeria cannot afford to be left behind on this global initiative.”