Russian Envoy: Development of Nuclear Technologies will Enhance Nigeria’s Economic Position in Africa

Alex Enumah in Abuja

The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Nigeria, Nikolay Udovichenko, has said that the development of nuclear technologies will greatly enhance Nigeria’s position as one of the leading economies in the African continent.

The envoy, who stated this during a roundtable with journalists in Abuja on relations between Nigeria and Russia in the outgoing year, noted that nuclear technologies apart from being able to fast-track development of the country by synergising with other technologies is capable of creating hundreds of thousands of jobs to address Nigeria’s unemployment challenges.

“We are confident that the development of these nuclear technologies would allow Nigeria to strengthen her position as one of the leading economies of the African continent. We understand that the project is of a large scale and of strategic importance. It would bring about thousands of new jobs; it has accumulated effect with synergy with other space development.

“We see that this project would lead to development of infrastructure, to new levels of education, new skills and generation of specialists, so it is very important,” the envoy said.

Udovinchenko disclosed that Nigeria and Russia’s partnership on development of nuclear technologies started in 2009 when the two countries reached agreement on cooperation and establishment of the technology in Nigeria.

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