Representative, Taiwanese Mission to Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu, has urged Nigeria to speed up the process of collaborating with Taiwan to implement President Bola Tinubu’s campaign promise to make the South-East of Nigeria become the Taiwan of Africa.

He noted that Taiwan can contribute towards the growth of developing African nations, which is a better way to promote digital literacy, vocational training, agriculture, and medical equipment.

He added that the democracy of Nigeria and Taiwan are almost the same, as both nations have similar constitutional ideals.

Reeling out nations, which have signed agreements with Taiwan, he said: “The British government signed a comprehensive trade agreement with Taiwan, including trading and investment, green energy and digital economy.

“Also, the French and Taiwanese governments have signed an agreement on science and technology cooperation.

“The Canadian government has just finished a trade and investment negotiation with Taiwan, following closely with Britain and should be signed within the coming weeks. India has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on scientific research with Taiwan.”

According to him, as the rest of the world is moving quickly to collaborate with Taiwan, the Nigerian government would also need to pick up the pace by working closely with their mission and government to comprehensively discuss economic investment, science and technology research, as well as the digital economy.