{"id":3044,"date":"2025-11-04T05:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2025-11-04T05:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:59:53","slug":"nigeria-india-deepens-economic-ties-as-wale-edun-receives-new-high-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/nigeria-india-deepens-economic-ties-as-wale-edun-receives-new-high-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, India Deepens Economic Ties as Wale Edun Receives New High Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a significant step towards deepening economic cooperation, the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has today received in his office in Abuja, the new Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, H.E. Abhishek Singh, alongside Skipper Seil founder Mr. Jitender Sachdeva,<\/p>\n

Discussions focused on deepening economic cooperation, particularly in power, infrastructure, renewable energy, and technology. High Commissioner Singh highlighted India\u2019s substantial footprint in Nigeria\u2019s power sector, noting ongoing projects including power plants, substations, and solar grid installations executed by Indian firms such as Skipper.<\/p>\n

He referenced India\u2019s investment commitments of approximately $60 billion in Nigeria, affirming that delivered projects reflect India\u2019s long-standing partnership and continued confidence in Nigeria\u2019s economic future.<\/p>\n

India holds the Honourable Minister in very high regard, Singh noted, commending Mr. Edun\u2019s leadership and Nigeria\u2019s reform momentum. He also presented a symbolic handcrafted gift and conveyed goodwill from the Government and the people of India.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, HM Edun welcomed the High Commissioner and acknowledged India\u2019s role as a key development and investment partner. He emphasized opportunities for expanded collaboration in renewable energy, digital infrastructure, technology transfer, and private-sector investment. Areas aligned with Nigeria\u2019s growth priorities.<\/p>\n

Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and advancing shared economic prosperity.<\/p>\n

Signed
\nMohammed Manga FCAI
\nDirector, Information and Public Relations
\nOctober 30, 2025<\/p>\n

www.finance.gov.ng<\/p>\n

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From Left to Right : 1. Indian High Commissioner, Abhishek Singh. 2. Wale Edun – Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. 3. Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite – Honourable Minister of State for Finance. 4. Jitender Sachadeva – Group President of Skipper\u00a0Seil\u00a0Limited<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a significant step towards deepening economic cooperation, the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has today received in his office in Abuja, the new Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, H.E. Abhishek Singh, alongside Skipper Seil founder Mr. Jitender Sachdeva, Discussions focused on deepening economic cooperation, particularly in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catchup","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3049,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044\/revisions\/3049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}