Taiwan has called for the restoration of bilateral ties with Nigeria to explore mutually beneficial opportunities across various sectors.
Speaking on Friday in Lagos during a media interactive session, Andy Yih-Ping Liu, Chief of Taiwan Mission at the Taipei Trade Office in Nigeria, emphasized the potential for stronger collaboration between the two nations.
The envoy highlighted Taiwan's readiness to engage Nigeria in areas of mutual interest.
Liu, who recalled that he had sent a proposal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on how to strengthen the Nigerian-Taiwan relations, noted that the trading value between both countries was $400million in 2023.
“This is not a big amount, compared with China’s $226billion. It will only take about 2% of what the Chinese are trading. But Taiwan’s industrial capability is high quality. We don’t make cheap, inferior products. So it’s not the trade value that means everything, but the quality.