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Theresa May will seek advice from Nigeria later at the 2d day of her industry venture to spice up ties with Africa after Brexit.
Mrs Might will discuss safety, business and people trafficking with President Muhammadu Buhari before meeting sufferers of contemporary slavery in Lagos.
The top minister already announced £4bn of additional British enhance for African economies during the first leg of her shuttle on Tuesday.
She additionally insisted her “good” Brexit plans will ship a “good” deal.
May’s undertaking to woo Africa after Brexit PM seeks new jobs partnership with Africa Would Possibly sticking by means of ‘smart’ Brexit plans
Mrs May will travel to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria – Britain’s 2d biggest trading spouse in Africa – for talks with President Buhari.
And Mrs Might Also pledged a “fundamental shift” in support spending to do something about long-term economic and security demanding situations as opposed to brief-time period poverty reduction.
On Thursday, she will end her excursion in Kenya, the place she is going to hang talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta and attend a state dinner, seek advice from a industry college and meet British troops.
Brexit ‘still on timetable’
While in South Africa, the top minster additionally faced questions from newshounds on Brexit.
She instructed the BBC’s Ben Wright that the united kingdom is “nonetheless working to the timetable” because it is at the beginning set out in the Brexit negotiations.
It comes after the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier indicated final week that a deal may be driven again to early November.
She performed down warnings from Chancellor Philip Hammond – who mentioned remaining week that a no-deal Brexit could injury the economy.
She said the comments had been in response to analysis first released in January that were, at the time, a “work in development”.
Nigeria’s best export to the uk is crude oil and its biggest import is delicate oil, a structural inefficiency that ends up in common fuel shortages as the populous West African country lacks a properly functioning refinery.
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