Nigeria Strengthens Ties With Denmark in Agriculture, Maritime

Nigeria and Denmark pledged to broaden their diplomatic relations in the maritime and agriculture sectors as well as in fighting terrorism and rehabilitation of displaced persons in the North East,  when the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Mr. Kristian Jensen, led a Danish delegation including the Danish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Torbeb Gettermann, on a courtesy visit to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
At the event, Osinbajo commended the Danish government for opening an Embassy in Abuja, and a Consulate in Lagos, saying that they were marks of commitment of Denmark to strengthen relationship with Nigeria.
He said the Federal Government was pursuing a strong diversification policy with focus on agriculture, solid minerals and improving the maritime sector.
The Vice President explained that the entire value chain of agriculture was important to the administration in other to use the sector to create more wealth and jobs for the youth.

According to him, the government was paying attention to rice and poultry farming as well as food storage and food processing.
Osinbajo, also said that the administration was keen on improving power supply, adding that the energy mix in the country would be better in two years’ time.
He told the visitors that government had routed Boko Haram and was fighting corruption to create secure and better business atmosphere for investors.
He mentioned the efforts being made to rehabilitate those displaced by insurgency in the North East, adding that the administration was at the point of working with international partners on the needs assessment in the region.
He remarked that no fewer than two million persons were displaced by Boko Haram which was a huge crisis that stretched the facilities in the region.
He, however, explained that in trying to resettle the displaced persons, government was working hard to make the area safe by ridding it of land mines.

“We are working hard to see how we can grapple with the problems in collaboration with some NGOs.

“We hope that in the next few weeks, we will have a clearer picture of how to re-settle the victims, but we are aware that there are thousands of orphans in the area.