China-Africa: Nigeria To Revisit Trade Ties With China
The newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of China, Alhaji Aminu Wali, has said that his main mission to the Asian country is to find a lasting solution to the influx of the Chinese finished products that have posed as threat to the domestic markets.
Aminu Wali, who was speaking during a dinner organised in his honour by the Nigerian Harmonizs Traders Union and the Kano Business community, said he was worried that over time, the Chinese have turned Nigerian to a dumping ground of their finished goods and the effect of which has continued to devastate the nation’s economy and put many on the unemployed list.
He said, “even though I’m not a policy maker, my main work will be centred on trade bilateral relationship between China and Nigeria. China is a very important country and its influence has affected the growth of our economy. I promise you that I will do my possible best to ensure that Nigerians too can go to China to set up industries or bring the Chinese to create a viable industry here that will create job opportunities for our people.”
In his speech, the President of the Harmonised Traders Union, Dr. Bature Abdulaziz, who commended President Umaru Yar’Adua, for appointing Aminu Wali as the Ambassador to China, said traders in Kano were paying the hard price due to the “Chinese invasion”.
He said “many small businesses have been taking over by the Chinese who come to do retail business rather than allowing Nigerians to go there and supply the goods”., expressing optimism that soon, Chinese would take over the world’s most viable economies, “hence it is good for Nigerian business community to establish beneficial relationship with them but not by way of flooding the nation’s markets with finished goods which is not wokay for the nation’s economy”.
He promised, “we are ready to give President Yar’Adua our ultimate support for the second term if he wishes to go for it. Ours is genuine course not because we are party affiliated, but because we have seen his mission which is sincerely aimed at reviving the country’s lost glory”.
(leadershipnigeria.com)
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