{"id":318655,"date":"2024-12-05T20:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=318655"},"modified":"2024-12-06T11:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T05:59:40","slug":"pm-visit-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-visit-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Visit to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source<\/strong>: The post PM Visit to Nigeria <\/strong>has been created, based on the article \u201cIndia\u2019s strategic focus on West Africa\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d<\/strong> on 5th December 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper 2 \u2013 International Relations<\/p>\n

Context: <\/strong>This article highlights the growing strategic significance of West Africa for India, focusing on the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nigeria. The visit is framed as part of India’s broader efforts to strengthen ties with African nations, with Nigeria emerging as a central partner. PM Visit to Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the significance of his visit to Nigeria?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. It marks PM first African visit in his third term. It is also the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Nigeria in 17 years.<\/li>\n
  2. The visit highlights India\u2019s rising global stature, demonstrated by PM receiving Nigeria\u2019s second-highest national award, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, a rare honor previously conferred on Queen Elizabeth II.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Why are India-Nigeria ties strategically important?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and democracy.<\/li>\n
    2. It is a regional hegemon in West Africa and influential in the African Union.<\/li>\n
    3. Strengthened ties could have far-reaching implications across Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What areas of cooperation did India and Nigeria discuss?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. India and Nigeria recently discussed cooperation in areas such as defence, energy, technology, trade, health, and education<\/strong>, as well as security issues, including counterterrorism efforts against groups like Boko Haram<\/strong> and the potential purchase of Indian weapons<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      2. India’s defence engagement with Nigeria has been highlighted by: Indian defence industry delegation’s visit to Lagos <\/strong>earlier in 2023 and Nigeria\u2019s interest in acquiring arms from India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        How India contributed to Nigeria\u2019s development?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

        India contributed to Nigeria\u2019s development <\/strong>through concessional loans worth $100 million and by offering capacity-building training programs.<\/p>\n

        How extensive is China\u2019s economic involvement in Nigeria?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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        1. Over 200 Chinese companies operate in Nigeria. Nigeria is China\u2019s largest export market in Africa and its second-largest trading partner.<\/li>\n
        2. $47 billion for 22 major projects, including the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Abuja Light Rail, and airport terminal expansions.<\/li>\n
        3. Huawei\u2019s deployment of over 27,500 mobile phone towers and 10,000 km of fibre optic cable.<\/li>\n
        4. China plays in Nigeria\u2019s mining sector: China is<\/strong> building the first lithium-processing plant via Ming Xin Mineral Separation Nig Ltd, aiming to produce batteries for electric vehicles.<\/li>\n
        5. Unique projects highlighting China\u2019s influence: <\/strong>Construction of a cement plant in collaboration with Dangote Industries and Huawei\u2019s electronic surveillance system for land borders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          How does India compare to China in Nigeria\u2019s economy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

          Despite declining trade (from $14.95 billion in 2021-22 to $7.89 billion in 2023-24), India remains a key partner. Trade decline is attributed to India increasing oil imports from Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Source: The post PM Visit to Nigeria has been created, based on the article \u201cIndia\u2019s strategic focus on West Africa\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 5th December 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 \u2013 International Relations Context: This article highlights the growing strategic significance of West Africa for India, focusing on the recent visit… Continue reading PM Visit to Nigeria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":318727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1235],"tags":[212,239,10498],"class_list":["post-318655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-international-relations","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-international-relations","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PM-Visit-to-Nigeria.png?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}