Turkey to increase bilateral trade, investments in Nigeria
By Ali Baba-Inuwa
The Turkish Government says it is exploring the possibilities of increasing bilateral trade as well as investments in Nigeria.
The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Mehmet Poroy, stated this shortly after he met with members of the Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industry,Mines and Agriculture(KACCIMA) in Kano.
“We had a very successful, fruitful and result-oriented meeting. I thank you for the warm welcome to myself and my delegation,” Poroy said.
Speaking, the President of the Chamber, Alhaji Usman Darma, said the chamber plans to partner with Turkey on agriculture, industry and energy for the development of Kano State.
“We looked at key areas – agriculture, the industrial sector and the energy sector on which we are ready to partner with them for the development of Kano State.
“President Bola Tinubu had visited Turkey and signed an agreement with Turkey in different areas of the economy. I think we see this is as an advantage for us to see how the areas they signed the agreement on will benefit our people.
“We have already established relations with them before and we are going to use this opportunity to strengthen the relationship and the economic activities between us,”Darma said.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Nigerian-Turkey Business Council and the immediate past president of NACIMA, Mr Dele Oye, said the visit was a follow-up to President Tinubu’s visit to Turkey in January 2026.
“We were given the mandate to expand the business between both countries from the current two billion dollars to 5billion dollars.
“And we have already seen the potential of Kano as a Centre of Commerce, especially with your export potentials and how you are doing over 30 percent of the entire country’s export business.
“And that is to see how we can help you to move it to 50 percent, if possible. And most importantly, we are not just here for trade, we are here for trade and investment,”Oye added.
