The meeting, which held at Obasanjo’s Penthouse residence located within the precinct of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, focused on how the Canadian government will explore and grow agric-business opportunities between the two countries which is part of the Canadian Trade policy.
Speaking with journalists after emerging from the closed-door meeting with Obasanjo yesterday, Nkrumah said the Canadian Government’s choice of the former president was as a result of his position as a renowned farmer in the state. The envoy, who is responsible for the commercial relationship between Nigeria and Canada, was on a regional outreach to Abeokuta, which is meant to boost trade between the two countries.
Nkrumah, who disclosed that the home country could do better in improving the current volume of trade, further said that there is still more to grow in terms of opportunities between the two countries “if we are very much focused and structured.” “We are on agricultural outreach to try to find out the opportunities in the local market to do business and boost trade between the two countries. We are meeting business people, entrepreneurs just to see where the opportunities are”.