President Bola Tinubu and the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Terrance Michael Drew, held investment opportunities talks on Saturday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Tinubu said: “It’s a very great opportunity for Africa to connect widely, and Nigeria in particular, to strengthen our bilateral relations and examine and exploit all the economic opportunities that are available to us so that we can achieve more for ourselves.”
The meeting coincided with the day the Nigerian leader was celebrating his 73rd birthday.
Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, the PM of Saint Kitts and Nevis urged the Nigerian business class to invest in his country.
Drew noted the investment opportunities in the areas of agriculture, transportation, trade, education, and energy among others.
He said, “I came here from Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Caricom, the Caribbean, and we are seeking to establish greater ties between the Caribbean and our African brothers and sisters here, as we call it, the motherland.
“We have been doing a number of things, so we wanted to come here. This time I came on an Investment Summit, trying to inspire our people here to come to the Caribbean to invest so that we can work together, closer as a region, as two regions, but really, we are all connected by blood.”
Asked to be specific on the areas to invest in or to cooperate with Nigeria, he said: “I’m looking at the area of agriculture and food security and as Mr. President said, food security is quite important. And so we have contacted a number of firms here in Nigeria to consider coming to Saint Kitts and Navis, and the wider Caribbean.
“We are looking at energy as well as logistics and and transport and trade. So we have discussed a number of other areas; areas of education and so forth, but there are areas within those ones that I just mentioned that we are seeking at this particular time.”
