Nigeria Aims to More Than Double Trade With Turkey to $5 Billion
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in Ankara, on Jan. 27.
Photographer: Ercin Erturk/Anadolu/Getty ImagesNigeria has set up a joint committee with Turkey to more than double bilateral trade to $5 billion, as the West African nation turns to the Middle East to diversify its economy and attract investment.
The committee “will create opportunities for an expansion and support of Turkish investments in Nigeria in order to meet the target,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday in Ankara, according to an emailed statement from the Nigerian presidency.