Ajuri Ngelale mentioned it is solely pure “Nigeria above any other will be eventually accepted into the G20”

New Delhi:

One of India’s key strikes forward of the G20 Summit this weekend was to incorporate the African Union for a potential enlargement of the bloc.

Ajuri Ngelale, spokesperson of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, mentioned they symbolize over a billion African residents, and because the largest democracy in Africa, it is just pure that “Nigeria above any other will be eventually accepted into the G20.”

Mr Ngelale mentioned there’s huge Indian funding within the Nigerian defence sector. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh immediately met President Tinubu, who arrived in Delhi to attend the G20 Summit.

“I have no doubt that India-Nigeria defence ties will expand. The reason is because President Bola Tinubu sees Prime Minister Modi as a great reformer, a transformational leader of India. We believe we have a lot of lessons to learn from what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has achieved,” Mr Ngelale advised NDTV.

“In line with that, we are having discussions for defence deals worth over $1 billion dollars to boost the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria for achievement 40 per cent self-sufficiency with the cooperation of the Indian government,” he mentioned.

He agreed Nigeria is on the LCA Tejas, and switch of know-how of drones and extra superior armoured personnel carriers.

“We believe the Indian military-defence complex is something we can partner with,” Mr Tinubu mentioned.

On enterprise tries, he mentioned, “There is a saying, apart from the Nigerian government, the second-largest employers in Nigeria are Indian companies. Indians are friends. Indian business people are some of our most cherished partners,” he mentioned.

Yesterday, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Olawale Edun mentioned they’re stuffed with optimism about what has been achieved thus far. Mr Edun, who can be the nation’s Coordinating Minister of Economy, mentioned he thinks that India and Nigeria are charting a course for mixed mutual prosperity primarily based on financial progress.

“We are extremely happy to be here. And so far, as I said, we’re halfway through our consultations, our discussions and so forth with you and other business leaders. And we are full of optimism at what has been achieved so far,” he advised reporters on the sidelines of the Nigeria-India Business Conference in Delhi.