As part of efforts to connect Russia with Nigeria and to lure potential Russian investors and business people to Nigeria and vice versa, a business lecture platform “Doing Business with Nigeria” was created in November. Its primary aim is to get the Russian business community to understand the economic and investment potentials as well as the current market conditions in Nigeria. In a brief interview, Rex Essenowo, a business economist and a member of Board of Directors & CEC of the Nigerian Diaspora Organisation, Europe, talks about the first business lecture held late November and the future perspectives of overall Nigeria-Russian economic cooperation. Here are the interview excerpts:
As an insider, do you consider the business lecture on Russia and Nigeria important?
Rex Essenowo (RE): First and foremost, the lecture was a critical action and a call to active duty for Russian…
