Nigeria, Malawi to foster relations

Nigeria and Malawi are on the path of fostering deeper relations in order to develop each other, Nigeria's High Commissioner to the that country has said. The oil rich country also through the relationship, intends to utilize Malawi's strategies and policies in order to achieve food security.
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Malawi Folake Marcus Bello said that the first point to the relationship was to establish an office in the warm heart of Africa.

“We are trying to foster a deeper relation with Malawi. Right now we do not have an address; we are based in Lusaka, Zambia. I have asked the Malawi president on the possibility of opening an office,” said Bello after she presented letters of credence recently to Malawi’s president Bingu Wa Mutharika.

Bello said that the Southern African country has done so well in agriculture hence looking forward to using its policies, according Malawi’s local Daily Times.

Malawi has impressed with its fertilizer subsidy programme which led to its president Bingu Wa Muntharika earning international recognition recently.

Nigeria is not the first country to emulate Malawi’s food security policies as Namibia also did so a few months ago.