This was made known by the Permanent Secretary, Federal
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Evelyn Ngige when she received the
chief representative of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in
Nigeria, Yuzurio Susumu in her office in Abuja.
Ngige, in a statement appreciated JICA’s collaboration in
the review of trade and industrial policies which includes coordination,
cooperation and implementation of such policies in Nigeria.
She urged JICA to leverage on Japan’s trade and industrial
policies as a working document in the review of Nigeria’s trade and industrial
policies to achieve optimum results.
Ngige, further highlighted other areas of collaboration
which includes; training of young professionals of the ministry, e-commerce,
animation, artificial intelligence and other capacity building programmes.
The chief representative of JICA stated that the Government
of Japan is always ready to collaborate with Nigeria to strengthen trade
bilateral relationship between the two countries, adding that his government
seeks to establish an automotive industry for Africa, of which Nigeria is the
focal point.