Dele Oye leads the NTBC on a trade mission to Turkiye, to boost investment flow to the agricultural and other industries.
The NTBC also seeks partnerships to expand technology deployment in agriculture
The Nigeria Turkiye Business Council (NTBC), led by its Chairman, Dele Oye, recently embarked on a trade mission to Turkiye to strengthen bilateral ties between Nigeria and Turkiye and to forge new business relationships to drive investment into Nigeria’s agro-processing industry and other sectors of the economy.
The delegation attended FOTEG and WIN EURASIA Istanbul Fair 2022 in Istanbul; The KONYA MACHINE TECHNOLOGIES FAIR in Konya; The Konya Agriculture Exhibition 2022 and The 17th edition of the AGROEXPO International Agricultural and Livestock Exhibition, all in held Turkiye.
Dele Oye revealed that the trade mission aims to further exploit the potential of bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Turkiye and seek to encourage investment in Nigeria’s agriculture sector, in line with the vision of the Federal Government of Nigeria for an agriculture-based economy to stimulate job creation and achieve food security.
Dele Oye, who is also the 1st Deputy National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), noted that the NTBC also leveraged the opportunity of the trade mission to seek foreign investments and partnerships to expand technology deployment in agriculture, to improve profitability and productivity while ensuring that the sector becomes attractive to the Nation’s youthful population.
He stated that “As part of the trade mission to Turkiye, the delegation of the Nigeria Turkiye Business Council (NTBC) attended the FOTEG ISTANBUL Fair 2022, a meeting point for food processing equipment suppliers, food production companies’ representatives, and senior managers. With all the exhibitors and visitors from all around the world, the fair provided many opportunities to understand the latest trends in a big market, creating a fine platform to connect with investors from across the globe with many showing strong interest in Nigeria’s huge agriculture market.”
“We were also at the Konya Machine Technologies Fair and the Konya Agriculture Exhibition 2022, where global industry professionals demonstrated their strength in the machinery technologies market as well as the exhibition of new products and services. We understand the importance of technology to agricultural development and we have leveraged the opportunity to woo investors in this regard”.
Dele Oye further explained that “The Nigeria Turkiye Business Council (NTBC) Ltd/Gte is a bilateral think-tank and forum jointly envisioned by NACCIMA and the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkiye (DEiK) to continually create avenues for the discussion of issues pertinent to the development of the blossoming trade, economic and business partnership between the two countries.”
The delegation also immensely benefited from the over 1050 exhibitors and 390,000 visitors from 90 countries at the 17th edition of the AGROEXPO International Agricultural and Livestock Exhibition, which is among the largest international agricultural and livestock fairs in Europe.
“The NTBC delegates, among other things, showcased the huge investment prospects in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, rallying investors to take advantage of the available investment opportunities to invest in new frontiers,” Dele Oye added.
