Understanding Nigeria-Turkish relations - Punch Newspapers

Dr. Abdulqadir Sulaiman MuhammadThe official relations between Nigeria and Turkey started after the former’s independence on October 1, 1960. Turkey opened an embassy in Lagos, then the capital of Nigeria, in August 1962. The Turkish Embassy moved to Abuja in 2001 after the official proclamation of Abuja as the new capital on December 12, 1991, replacing Lagos, though the latter remains the country’s most populous commercial city.

There are many Turkish companies in Nigeria, operating mainly in the construction, manufacturing and energy sectors. As of 2016, there were 50 Turkish firms operating in Nigeria whose total investment had amounted to $419.5m. Including the local partners’ shares, Turkish investment in Nigeria has amounted to a total of $620m.

Turkey specifically mentioned the menace of the Fethullah organisation which they accused of terrorism and involvement in the abortive coup plot on July 15, 2016 which the Turkish population gallantly resisted. There are more than 1,000 FETO members in Nigeria, many of them accused of belonging to this organisation had their passports declared invalid by their country.

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