FAISALABAD:
University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan along with Nigerian High Commissioner Dauda Danladi on Saturday inaugurated a flower exhibition organised by the Institute of Horticultural Sciences at the UAF.
Danladi, while speaking on the occasion, said Nigeria would assist Pakistan in coping with the energy crisis as it had natural gas reserves of 184 trillion cubic feet.
He called for increasing bilateral trade between the two countries in order to benefit from each other’s experiences.
“We will import goods from Faisalabad, Sialkot and Lahore,” said Danladi, adding the current trade volume of the two countries amounted to $500 million and concrete efforts were being made to increase the volume to $1 billion.
He announced that Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain had planned to visit Nigeria to discuss areas of mutual interest.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2013.
Like Business on Facebook, follow @TribuneBiz on Twitter to stay informed and join in the conversation.
COMMENTS (2)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
1713509570-0/Taylor-Swift-Album-Release-(1)1713509570-0-270x192.webp)
According to Al Jazeera, often 2 to 3 days go without electricity in Nigeria
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/africa/explaining-nigerias-energy-crisis
I think we Pakistanis underestimate ourselves. This news item is a concrete proof of that. . I have done research on Nigeria and Ghana for my dissertation and can tell you that Nigeria suffers much worse blackouts than Pakistan. Nigeria has always had shortage of electricity (while Pakistani crisis is recent). . Moreover, Nigeria is technically much behind Pakistan and that is why they are hiring Pakistani and Indians teachers/professors in their universities (but problem is with student attitude to studies).