Nigeria, Angola Seal Deals On Illicit Drug Fight, Enhanced Cultural Exchange

The Nigerian authorities and the Republic of Angola person signed agreements consisting of practice connected combating illicit production, manufacture and trafficking successful narcotic drugs, intelligence substances and their precursors arsenic good arsenic connected taste practice and exchange.

This was disclosed successful a connection connected Sunday by the Special Assistant connected Communication and New Media, Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Magnus Eze.

According to the statement, the 2 countries signed the agreements during the conscionable concluded 5th Session of the Nigeria-Angola Bilateral Economic Joint Commission successful Luanda, Angola that held betwixt September 9th and 12th, 2025.

The Nigerian authorities besides facilitated a landmark twinning statement connected socio-economic and taste improvement betwixt Bayelsa State and Namibe, a state of Angola.

It besides midwifed different economical practice woody betwixt Nasarawa State and the Angolan state of Bengo.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who led the Nigerian delegation, signed connected behalf of the Federal Government and the Angolan Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Amb. Domingos Lopes, signed for his country.

In the aforesaid vein, Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and his Namibe Province counterpart, Dr. Archer Mangueira, respectively signed their sister-cities twinning agreement.

Ambassador Odumegwu-Ojukwu highlighted the value of the associated committee portion recalling the historical bonds betwixt Nigeria and Angola, dating backmost to 1975 erstwhile Angola became independent.

“Our gathering successful the past 3 days was not lone to bespeak connected the authorities of our bilateral relations but besides to place caller areas of practice successful keeping with our corporate tendency to heighten concern for a amended future.

“We merit to execute sustainable economical growth, occupation creation, people-to-people contact, and poorness simplification for our peoples.

“The associated committee betwixt our 2 countries frankincense provides a bully model to make strategies with a presumption to strengthening and broadening our bilateral relations.

“The signing of the 3 agreements, including the historical twinning statement betwixt Bayelsa State of Nigeria and the Province of Namibe successful Angola successful areas of cooperation, not lone signals our corporate tendency to beforehand economic, political, cultural, social, acquisition and technological cooperation.

“It besides marks a strategical concern to boost economical maturation and make employment opportunities frankincense making a publication successful the combat against poorness and underdevelopment successful our 2 countries,” the curate said.

She said added that the contributions of the delegates astatine the gathering indicated the resoluteness of the 2 countries to efficaciously collaborate.

Amb. Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and her Angolan counterpart, Amb. Lopes praised some countries for resuscitating the associated commission.

Other Memoranda of Understanding already fine-tuned betwixt Nigeria and Angola were slated for signing successful owed course.

There was besides high-level gathering of experts from some countries which bordered connected assorted areas of practice betwixt the 2 countries astatine the event.

Theese areas see visa waivers, simplified customs procedures and preferential cargo lanes; economical diversification connected non-oil sectors, commercialized facilitation, promotion of indigenous lipid services firms successful engineering, fabrication, logistics among others for offshore projects, and the request to prosecute upstream and services concern betwixt the 2 countries.

Both countries besides deliberated connected state to powerfulness exploration, LNG trading and swaps, ports and transport upgrades, warehousing and inter-land links.

The Nigerian curate who addressed a property league aft the league explained, “We negotiated connected avoidance of treble taxation, agriculture aviator projects mechanisation connected banana, cassava, atom and poultry for export; method manpower transportation and assistance done the Nigeria Technical Aid Programme; opening channels for commercialized colony by creating Naira/Kwanza corridors, whilst we commended Angola for accommodating Nigerian banks similar Access Bank and UBA into its economy; discussions astir a backstage assemblage inaugural towards the constitution of a concern assembly betwixt some countries, arsenic good arsenic concern promotion and protection.”

The curate stressed that an statement connected originative economy, arts and civilization to beforehand taste speech programmes successful movie and euphony co-production, festivals, touring agreements was besides presented and signed astatine the meeting.

“We projected a much vibrant marine tourism, and an planetary vessel cruise betwixt Nigerian and Angolan coasts, particularly during Detty December,” she disclosed.

She further described the associated commissio...