22 July 2011
Not less than 40 Nigerian nurses and doctors are serving in Rwanda under the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) scheme, Mr Fidel Ayogu, the Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Uganda, with concurrent accreditation to Rwanda, disclosed this in Kigali.
Ayogu said that an undisclosed number of the volunteers were also serving in Uganda as lecturers in the country’s universities.
He said Nigeria had extended monetary assistance to Uganda following a landslide that occurred and claimed many lives, to alleviate the “excruciating” problem they had experienced.
According to him, Nigeria has established a strong presence in the country, with many private organisations such as banks and insurance companies operating.
He recalled that Nigeria had in June 2010, signed an MoU to participate Uganda’s oil industry.
According to him, relations between Nigeria and the two countries are strong and cordial.
He, however, said that there had not been a high level flow of investments by Nigerians in these two countries due to the absence of direct flights and their land-locked nature.
“Business flow is not yet blossoming, but Nigerians are shopping around to take part in the oil sector in Uganda.
“Nollywood is also doing very well and Ugandans have a penchant for watching Nigerian movies.
“We have not yet come up with a government kind of established relationship of who is benefitting and who is getting what,” he said.
He stressed the need for Nigeria to attach reciprocity to whatever assistance it rendered to sister nations.
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