"Honoured to be conferred with the ‘Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger’ Award by Nigeria. I accept it with great humility and dedicate it to the 140 crore people of India and the friendship of India and Nigeria," Modi said.
Speaking during his meeting with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja, PM Modi said, “We give high priority to our strategic partnership with Nigeria. We have strong cooperation in several sectors like defense, energy, financial issues, technology, health, education, and culture. Several new possibilities are attached to our relations.”
"We have been working together to tackle challenges like terrorism, separatism, piracy and drug smuggling. We will continue to do this in the times ahead even stronger...,” he said. Additionally, PM Modi shared India’s recent humanitarian assistance, saying, “We have been sending 20 tonnes of relief supplies for people hit by last month's floods.”