On Wednesday, February 17, the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (Nigeria) and AfricaRoundtable.com will host a luncheon in Lagos on the topic, “US Terror List: Will it impede Nigeria’s Economic Development?” – moderated by Thompson Ayodele, director of IPPA and featuring Martin Oluba, economics professor at the Swiss Management Centre, and Olajide Daramola of the University of Aberdeen.
Nigeria is America’s largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, supplying 8% of U.S. oil imports. In 2008, bilateral trade between the two countries was valued at over $42 billion. After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab nearly exploded a bomb over Detroit, Nigeria has been named as a country of interest by the U.S. Transportation Security Adminstration. Will this affect the relationship between the two trading partners? As China is poised to invest over $50 billion in the country, will the U.S. scale back FDI or trade with the newest addition to the TSA terror watch list? What will this mean for the country and the region? How have the 14 other countries listed been affected economically? These questions and more will be discussed at the roundtable luncheon. The event is free, to reserve a seat email olusegun@ippanigeria.org.
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