TRAVELOGUE: Japan File: TICAD 7 and Our Harvest of Blessings, By Femi Adesina
Yesterday was the last dance of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development , and our fifth day in Yokohama, Japan.
On Thursday, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Nigeria and the European Union . Our Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama appended pen to paper on our behalf, while Neven Mimisa, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, represented the EU.The purpose was to make the princely sum of 50 million euro available to Nigeria, to tackle the human misery brought on the North-East by Boko Haram insurgents.
Saying a handsome amount of funds has been set aside for the initiative, Mr Hayashi gave areas of interest as oil and gas, infrastructure, and others. Trust President Buhari, he welcomed them with open arms. The Prime Minister of Algeria, Noureddine Bedoui, also came in. He showed interest in oil and gas cooperation between the two countries, particularly the prospect of piping gas to Europe through Algeria.In such conferences, there are usually intangible gains, which you cannot immediately quantify in terms of cash, but which would eventually redound in blessings for the country. Such was what happened when South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, came to see our President.
During the Japan conference, the Nigerian leader also had a platform to unfold potential areas of investments in his country. These he gave as power and renewable energy, petrochemicals and gas, maritime , automobiles, mining, agribusiness, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, ICT, and railways. No wonder there are already indications of interest.
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