FOLLOWING the destruction of its food export terminals, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food in collaboration with Lagos Free Zone, a venture of the Tolaram Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to build a grain terminal in the Lekki port, Nigeria.

Ukraine, before it was invaded by Russia, was the largest exporter and producer of wheat.

The MoU was signed on Friday at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, according to a Ukrainian media outlet citing the ministry’s press service.

It was further gathered that the Ukrainian First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Taras Vysotsky, signed the MoU on behalf of the Ukrainian side.

“Cooperation between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food and the Lagos Free Zone will be aimed at the creation of the necessary infrastructure for ensuring further ceaseless supplies of Ukrainian agricultural products both to Nigeria and the entire African continent with the main goal of ensuring the food security in the regions in greatest need.”

‘‘The Ukrainian agrarian sector will continue playing an important role in ensuring international food security, especially when the world population is increasing’’, he said.

Lekki Deep Sea Port in Nigeria is the country’s first fully automated port. It is a joint project of the government of Nigeria, the Lagos state, the owner of the Lagos Free Zone, the Singapore-headquartered Tolaram Group, and the China Harbor Engineering Company.

FreeStuffsNG:
If you love progress and you love the Yoruba and Yorubaland, the Best Time to invest in Lagos and neighbouring Yoruba SW states is now.

FreeStuffsNG:
If you love progress and you love the Yoruba and Yorubaland, the Best Time to invest in Lagos and neighbouring Yoruba SW states is now.

odduduwa:
Southwest that will disappear soon , under the sea

shortgun:
Nigeria should be forming alliances and trade relations with Russia not Ukraine

AVECDEO:



Nigeria is non-aligned and will do business with either countries.

Their war their business. Nothing concern Nigeria.

Stoplying:

Employing Ukrainian companies at this moment in time is just like doing charity. All their qualified manpower are busy fighting a war. Don't expect them to do a good job. If anything Ukraine should be giving contracts to Nigerians to build stuff in Ukraine.

There is no need for Ukrain, we have a big world, why Ukraine ?

7lives:


Private business of LASG is non of your business.

7lives:

Lagos is interested in big business like this, Lagos is not interested in those who will pay 5k tax and claim they develop Lagos.

7lives:

Lagos and SW is open for business.

femisplash:
If you think Lagos would miss your 2by2, think again. There's a reason SE Governors came to Lagos to beg Sanwo Olu.

Stoplying:

Why are you bringing SW into the discussion? Nobody cares about SW ! People only care about Lagos which wasn't part of South west until recently when banangida changed that.

femisplash:

Your history teacher must be really daft. The majority constituencies that made up of today's Lagos were once under the administration of western region.

Stoplying:
Ukrainian agricultural products are of very bad quality, do not buy them, do not consume them, they are not good for your health.

femisplash:

Are you an illiterate?, Ukraine accounts for a major export of world's grain. The rise in price of bread flour & wheat was an aftermath of the war in Ukraine.

Stoplying:
To those who want to rewrite history, know that hundreds of years ago, people who could write were already visiting the region, they wrote notes and made maps, those are still available for consultation. You can't rewrite them.

An other Precolonial map of Africa below. Locate the kingdom of Benin on it.

FreeStuffsNG:
If you love progress and you love the Yoruba and Yorubaland, the Best Time to invest in Lagos and neighbouring Yoruba SW states is now.
God bless Nigeria for ever!

femisplash:

Mr.clown, before the Benin sets a foot on Lagos soil, the Portugese had been trading with the indigenes decade earlier. Does it translates to Lagos being a Portugese territory?

Stoplying:

Here you go again with insults. Did I insult you ?
Look, you read too much propaganda, Russia has much more grain than Ukraine. Ukrainian grain is only important for the EU market because of their proximity with the EU. All the new talk of it being important for global food market is nothing but war propaganda.

That claim (of Ukrainian grain being important for global food market) wasn't made before the war, only after the war started. But given that you are a gullible fool, you believe all you read

femisplash:

A little research would help your ignorance. Ukraine is a top 5 world's biggest grain exporter.