AFRICA AND RUSSIA ARE NATURAL ALLIES - PUTIN. (PHOTO).

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 Africa and Russia are natural allies - Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin courted dozens of African leaders at a Russia-Africa summit that wraps up Thursday as he seeks to bolster Moscow’s clout across the continent. Speaking during a meeting in the Kremlin on the second day of the summit, Putin said that “Russia and Africa are united by truly strong bonds of friendship and close partnership.” “We are natural allies in building a multipolar, genuinely democratic world order, free from diktat and double standards and based on respect for the norms of international law and the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter,” Putin said, AP reported. He mentioned Moscow’s support for the African nations’ anti-colonial fight during Soviet times. “Russia has always been and remains committed to seeing African nations defend their sovereignty, achieve steady growth, and strengthen their economies and social sectors,” the Russian leader said. “We stand ready to continue working...
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NIGERIA, SAUDI ARABIA PARTNER ON SOLID MINERALS DEVELOPMENT. (PHOTO).

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Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Partner on Solid Mineral Development

Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will collaborate to promote development of solid minerals as the world transit from fossil fuels to cleaner energy.

This was made known by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake during a meeting with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Bandar AlKhorayef on the sidelines of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Dr Alake harped on the need to forge partnerships, as the global energy transition is contingent on critical minerals, which exist in abundance in Nigeria.

“We need a lot of investments in exploration, exploitation, extraction, processing, and local value addition. We realize that we must look at regions outside of Africa to collaborate, further consolidate, and enhance our capacity to explore and exploit the natural resources that we have. For us to maximally utilize, exploit, and derive maximum revenue for our own economic and infrastructural development, we need to have a very solid partnership with nations like Saudi Arabia”. he said.

Dr Alake said investment in local value addition involving processing of solid minerals that will culminate in production and establishment of factories in Nigeria, to generate employment which will have a multiplier effect on the economy.

He maintained the readiness of the Nigerian team to work with the Saudi Arabian counterpart to finetune and map out strategies on areas of collaboration within a specified time frame.

Throwing light on incentives for investment, Dr Alake cited the policy of President Bola Tinubu on repatriation of profits by foreign investors, tax waivers on imported equipment specifically directed at the mining sector.

He noted that a rejigged security architecture which will soon come on stream to effectively secure mining areas in the country.

Earlier, his Saudi Arabia counterpart, Mr. Bandar AlKhorayef shared the position of Nigeria on the fundamentals of diversifying the economy with emphasis on the mining sector.

Mr Bandar AlKhorayef said the collaboration was important and that Saudi Arabia would prioritizes local value addition.



 

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