Theresa May pledges to bolster ties between the City and Nigeria
The Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to bolster ties between the City and Nigeria as she looked to secure new trade relationships on a visit to Africa.
May urged Nigeria to tap into the City’s financial expertise, which she hoped could play an even greater role in the continent after Brexit.
UK-Nigeria trade was worth £4.2 billion last year and British companies including British Airways, GSK, Shell, Diageo, Unilever and Standard Chartered have operations in Nigeria.
She said: “Already the finance and business links between Lagos and London are bringing enormous benefits to businesses and people in the UK and in Nigeria and the announcements deepen this burgeoning partnership even further."
"London is a world leading financial centre and as the UK leaves the European Union, it will play an even greater role in financing the fastest-growing economies across Africa and the world.”
Having already met her South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday she will continue her tour of the continent with a visit to Kenya later today.