President Bola Tinubu on Saturday made case for stronger financial ties between Africa nations and their Caribbean Island counterparts.

Tinubu made the decision when he met visiting President Michael Drew of Saint Kitts and Nevis, on the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The President stated the go to offered a fantastic alternative for Nigeria and the Caribbean nation to strengthen financial ties, whereas exploiting all financial alternatives

“It’s a really nice alternative for Africa to attach broadly, and Nigeria particularly, to strengthen our bilateral relations and study and exploit all of the financial alternatives that’s obtainable to us in order that we are able to obtain extra for ourselves.

Drew, whereas additionally talking with State Home Journalists, after the go to, stated he was in Abuja, as a part of efforts to additionally strengthen larger ties between Africa and the Caribbean nation.

“I got here right here from Saint Kitts and Nevis, the CARICOM, the Caribbean, and we’re looking for to determine larger ties between the Caribbean and our African brothers and sisters right here, as we name it, the motherland”

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Talking particularly on the go to, he said that his nation and Nigeria had been doing a lot of issues, including that “ This time I got here on an Funding Summit, attempting to encourage our individuals right here to return to the Caribbean to speculate in order that we are able to work collectively, nearer as a area, as two areas, however actually, we’re all related by blood.

Drew, who was in Abuja along with his spouse, Diane Arienne, famous that his nation was within the space of agriculture and meals safety, including that “ as Mr President stated, meals sovereignty is sort of essential. And so we’ve got contacted a lot of corporations right here in Nigeria to think about coming to Saint Kitts and Navis, and the broader Caribbean.

“We’re additionally taking a look at vitality in addition to logistics, transport and commerce.

“So we’ve got mentioned a lot of different areas; such because the areas of schooling and so forth, however there are areas inside these ones that I simply talked about that we’re looking for at this explicit time”

The visiting Caribbean chief was earlier a part of the Afri-Caribbean Funding Summit (AACIS ’25), which happened in Abuja.

Themed “Bridging Continents: Africa and the Caribbean—A Partnership for Prosperity,” the summit was put collectively to foster cross-regional funding, unlock new financial alternatives, and facilitate high-level discussions on commerce and improvement, in addition to selling credible funding alternatives and fostering partnerships in key sectors akin to expertise, agriculture, manufacturing, and finance.