The BRICS Russian Women’s Business Alliance has announced plans to open a regional office in Nigeria.
The disclosure was made by the BRICS Women Business Alliance Russian delegation during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.
The team had earlier met with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, at the State House.
Briefing the press at the end of their two-day visit to Nigeria, BRICS Russia WBA Chairperson, Ms Anna Nesterova, said the five-member delegation is in Nigeria to express their readiness to do business in the country.
She said the team met with some private businesses in critical sectors like health and education.
She also noted that the BRICS WBA is a separate body and its programmes are purely for business.
Nesterova said: ‘This was the first meeting, so we introduced ourselves, and expressed our readiness to open the regional office in Nigeria, because we need to be smart about this new region for our business needs, and we need to process the new market.
‘So, we expressed our willingness to move forward, to bring more Russian women to Nigeria, to present our different spheres, especially technology, agriculture, healthcare, education, and labour mobility.’
Earlier, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Odumegwu-Ojukwu, expressed the willingness of both countries to strengthen bilateral ties using the platform of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (WBA).
She described the meeting as timely, noting that it afforded a platform for both countries to explore investment opportunities between them.