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The Government of Ukraine has expressed its readiness to establish grain hubs in Nigeria and other African countries as it donated about 25,000 tonnes of grains to Nigeria to boost bilateral ties.

Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mr. Mykola Solskyi, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when he led a delegation that met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama.

Solskyi said that the grains from Ukraine would arrive in Nigeria in February under the initiative called ‘Grains from Ukraine’.


He said that despite the war with Russia, the Ukrainian food industry wanted to have closer relations with Nigeria, adding “we are very thankful to you that your country is ready to develop the relations“.

“Despite all the events going on in the world, our countries are ready to develop this cooperation.

“The Ukrainian government and Ukrainian president are ready to pay a lot of attention to this development. We want to have regular every year not only with our agriculture ministers but with other ministers as well.

“Development of such hubs will make it possible to bring in high-quality grains into your country and it will influence prices positively.

“Ukraine intends to develop two or three hubs in Africa and taking into consideration the capacity of your country, the grain hub in your country is priority number one. If we implement it well, it would be a practical step towards our business relations reaching a new level,” Solskyi said.

Onyeama, who empathized with Ukraine over its ongoing war with Russia, also lauded it for the grain donation, pointing out that the gesture was coming even when the country was still at war.


He thanked Ukraine for extending its to Nigeria and other African countries despite the current situation in that country.

“Notwithstanding the situation in which your country finds itself, you are able to extend a hand of friendship not just to Nigeria but to other African countries. This demonstrates superhuman courage and we really ire your generosity and we thank you for this ,” Onyeama said.

Onyeama noted that Nigeria had long-standing relations with Ukraine, lamenting that some of the victims of the war in Ukraine were the large number of Nigerian students, whose studies have been disrupted by the war.

“You have built up real specialization in many disciplines and Nigerian students are the beneficiaries. We can continue to strengthen relations between our two countries and our two peoples.

“We will do our best at the multilateral level to bring the war to a very quick end,” Onyeama said.

Also speaking during the meeting, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubakar, said that Nigeria was willing and ready to provide the appropriate ports for the grain hub.

“We appreciate and commend you that despite the war you still found time to extend a gesture of friendship to Nigeria and also donated grains.

“I can assure you that the relations with Ukraine will improve.


“We have been having businesses with Ukraine, especially in the agriculture sector and I can say that over 30 percent of our agricultural businesses are with Ukraine, particularly in the area of wheat, fertilizer, and other grains. This I can assure you will continue to improve our relations,” he said.

Fielding questions later, Abubakar said the purpose of the grain hubs was to have a center where Ukraine would be bringing grains and we would be helping other African countries.

He said the hubs would be useful in emergency situations and could also be used to donate grains to other countries.

“We are looking at the Lagos Port and also the Onne Port in Rivers. The grains coming from Ukraine will increase the amount of grains here and the hub will eventually become a business hub with other African countries and beyond and it will help to stabilize the price,” he added.

The minister said that Ukraine had the technology and know-how to help Nigeria in wheat production, stressing that capacity building would be part of the relations which would produce a win-win situation.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/01/12/ukraine-ready-to-establish-grain-hubs-in-nigeria

Good development. With the increase in fuel prices, Nigerian borders should be open for a while.

FarmTech:


Solskyi said that the grains from Ukraine would arrive in Nigeria in February under the initiative called ‘Grains from Ukraine’.

My country no dey shame. A war torn nation with less than 45m population has more than enough to feed herself and still dey dash us food. We that is suppose to be sending relief materials to Ukraine. we country need serious help.

LOL...
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2 clueless countries giving themselves clues.
Our farmers are without farms only because they're even lucky to be alive and jobless. Our fertile farmlands have become general grazing areas and our market women can't sell grains because they're expensive and almost bloodied.

People that can't farm because of Terrorism are collecting grains from another country that equally can't produce its own because of a war with mother Russia.

This people no dey shame

Which Ukraine

Same Ukraine wey Russia won finish

Ukraine wey everybody don run comot

Still won establish grain hub for Nigeria

Dey donate grains to Nigeria

I weak for my country o

When we won start to dey earn foreign exchange on top our cash crops

where are the ground nut pyramids, cocoa, palmoil etc

Eaten by corruption. Na war torn Ukraine won help us now. Kai

My people make una vote wisely. Vote change make better come we way

Part of the production that Peter Obi is talking about , this deal will come to fruition (production hub) after Obi is sworn... The North will benefit more just like he said.



Urchins don't know that thousands of companies are berthed at the shores and boundaries of Nigeria waiting for Peter Obi to be declared president before they swing into the country with full force


Nigeria will be great again!

We don’t want

Hmmm... That country? I hope it's for the best o.

Before we start shouting congratulations upandan like Nigeria achieved something spectacular....
Lemme break it down here....
Due to the war in Ukraine; they decided to spread out their grain seeds to African Countries and the grains could either be maize, wheat, sorghum and rice...
So it's not a willful donation to us... It's a business where we grow them and they come from time to time to monitor the growth and the profit ratio will be shared amongst both countries

A country of less than 40 million people offering to feed another country with 300 million people.

This is what you get for allowing geriatric mediocre part time nomads to rule you for so long.

People bereft of ideas......The world is talking AI as the next big thing.......Meanwhile Asiwaju shouting Agbadò everyday.

Maybe Ukraine watched Asiwáju's campaign.......

Is this the same government that closed our borders to salvage grain framers that's now discussing this Greek gift.

They should come to BENUE

This is lovely

We should be watchful.
APC may start packaging grains to induce voters.

Can't we establish it ourselves n we sell to them? Just asking ni oo

Are they through with their war?
God bless Ukraine.
What is Nigeria benefitting from Russia? Someone tell me.
Maybe few of our men marrying their women.
Putin useless no be small.

Lol.

Why am I finding this funny?

I laugh in Russia

A country at war that ought to need supplies is donating supplies to Nigeria and other African countries..........shameless continent

Despite d war ministries r still functioning and without war ministries r not functioning in Nigeria......only tinubu can save dis country

They know even without war that we are at war with wide spread hunger.

BTW: I want to sell my Facebook

Thereby taking advantage of Nigerians laziness !

Buhari talk am

Nonsense

Sweetplum:
Are they through with their war?
God bless Ukraine.
What is Nigeria benefitting from Russia? Someone tell me.
Maybe few of our men marrying their women.
Putin useless no be small.

AK 47 Rifles

;DW

Nigeria should be supplying the world with grains.

War done end

Sweetplum:
Are they through with their war?
God bless Ukraine.
What is Nigeria benefitting from Russia? Someone tell me.
Maybe few of our men marrying their women.
Putin useless no be small.

There are times when you'll feel the need to opine on issues, but when you ruminate on the value of the opinion you're about to put out, you can decidedly keep quiet having realised you're about to spit nonsense.

This should have been one of those times.

They want us to the western sanctions against Russia, that conflict is not our war, we should be neutral like India, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, South Africa etc
By now we should have learnt from the foolishness of GEJ who trusted the West and voted in favour of NATO peacekeeping in Libya which was turned into Regime change war and which we are still suffering from the after effects.b

Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed have promised to turn the vast land in the north into a food hub to avoid humiliation like this caused by APC failures where we are being dashed grains by a country at war

kingharzy:
LOL...
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2 clueless countries giving themselves clues.
Our farmers are without farms only because they're even lucky to be alive and jobless. Our fertile farmlands have become general grazing areas and our market women can't sell grains because they're expensive and almost bloodied.

People that can't farm because of Terrorism are collecting grains from another country that equally can't produce its own because of a war with mother Russia.

Confusion indeed
Terrorism must be eradicated before we can handle our food shortage crises.

That's good