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Abuja: Nigeria Nigerian President Ahmed Tinubu welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Abuja. He welcomed PM Modi in Abuja. PM Modi thanked President Ahmed Tinubu for being awarded Nigeria’s second-highest national award ‘Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger’. He said that this is an honor for 140 crore Indians. PM Modi has become the second foreign dignitary to receive this award. PM Modi said that India will walk shoulder to shoulder with Nigeria. The relations between the two countries will become stronger in the coming times.
Prime Minister Modi arrived in Nigeria on Sunday as part of the first leg of his three-nation visit. This is the first time in 17 years that an Indian Prime Minister is visiting Nigeria. Modi has arrived here at the invitation of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He will also visit Brazil and Guyana. Indian government officials said that Nigeria will honor Prime Minister Modi with the ‘Grand Commander of the Order of Niger’ (GCON) award.
The Queen of Britain has also received this honor.
So far, Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth has been the only foreign dignitary to be awarded the GCON in 1969. Officials said that this will be the 17th international award given to Prime Minister Modi by any country. When the Prime Minister arrived in Nigeria on Sunday, Minister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike gave him a warm welcome. He presented the ‘key’ of Abuja city to the Prime Minister. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a post on the social media platform ‘X’, “This ‘key’ reflects the trust and respect of the people of Nigeria on the Prime Minister.
India gives high priority to its strategic partnership with Nigeria.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said during talks with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that India attaches high priority to its strategic partnership with Nigeria and will work towards further strengthening ties in various sectors, including defense, energy, and trade. In his televised opening address at the meeting, Modi described terrorism, separatism, piracy, and drug trafficking as major challenges and said the two countries will continue to work together to tackle them. Modi arrived in Abuja on Sunday morning. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Nigeria after a gap of 17 years. “We attach high priority to our strategic partnership with Nigeria. I am confident that a new chapter will begin in our relations after our talks,” the Prime Minister said.
PM Modi made a big announcement for Nigeria.
Modi described the nearly 60,000 Indian diaspora as a key pillar of India-Nigeria relations and thanked Tinubu for ensuring their welfare. The Prime Minister also announced that India is sending 20 tonnes of relief material for Nigerians affected by last month’s floods. He also referred to India becoming a permanent member of the African Union at the G-20 Summit hosted by India last year and called it an important development. Before the delegation-level talks, Modi and Tinubu held a one-on-one meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Prime Minister was also given a ceremonial welcome.
Several agreements are likely to be signed between the two sides after the delegation-level talks. Modi is in Nigeria as part of a three-nation visit. He will travel from Abuja to Brazil to attend the G-20 summit. His final destination will be Guyana. India-Nigeria relations were given the status of “strategic partnership” during the visit of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Nigeria in October 2007. Nigeria has been a close partner of India for more than six decades. India established its diplomatic building in Lagos in November 1958, two years before Nigeria became independent in 1960.
