Top and leading traditional rulers who were part of the team includes
Etsu Nupe, HRH Alhaji Dr. Yahaya Abubakar, CFR, who is the Chairman of
Niger State council of Traditional rulers; Emir of Fika, HRH Muhammadu
Ibn Abali Muhammadu Idrissa, who is the Chairman Gombe state council of
Chief; Olufon of Ifon, Alayeluwa Oba Al-Maroof Adekunle Magbagbeola JP
who is the Deputy Chair of Osun state council of Chiefs; Emir of
Machina, HRH Bukar Bashir Albishir; Olupoti of Ipoti kingdom, HRH Oba
Oladipipo Kolade; Ndu of Oriendu Kingdom, HRM Eze Pastor Dr. Philip
Ajomiwe; the Emir of Borgu Kingdom, HRH Mohammed Sani Dantoro Kitoro IV;
and the Senior Special Adviser to Niger State Governor on economic
planning, Arc. Hafsat A. Kure
The high powered delegation on arrival at the airport was warmly
received by the Nigerian embassy in Thailand and was treated to a dinner
by the embassy. At the meeting with Thai officials, Mrs. Adikwe, the
Coordinator of UYOTA in her opening speech thanked the officials for the
opportunity and informed the gathering of the rich and massive
agricultural potentials in Nigeria and urged them to take advantage and
invest in Nigeria.
On their own, the Thai officials were impressed with the presentation
and promised to look into the request to invest in Nigeria and played a
video to showcase the rich art and cultural heritage of Thai people.
Some art books and works were given to the royal fathers as well as the
entire representative from Nigeria. The leader of the Nigerian
delegation, the Etsu Nupe thanked the Thai people for the reception and
prayed for the continued bilateral relationship with both countries
while mentioning that the Thais have really shown love and respect for
Nigerians.
He promised on behalf of other royal fathers to put all they learnt into
practice and he will advise all royal fathers in Nigeria to do same. He
equally urged the Thais to take advantage of the huge agricultural
potential of Nigeria and recommended that they come and invest in
Nigeria.
Chief Dr. Kelly Nwogu, whose Livelihood Farms has done a lot in the area
of agriculture maintained that the role of agriculture to national
development cannot be overemphasized as it holds the key to alleviating
poverty, hunger unemployment and youth restiveness. He equally urged the
Thai authorities to take advantage of the diverse and massive
agricultural potentials to invest in Nigeria.
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