Nigeria, March 5 -- The Government of Finland has formally announced Bankole Oloruntoba, a climate innovation expert, as its new Honorary Consul to Lagos.

This was disclosed by the Finland ambassador to Nigeria, Jyrki Pulkkinen, in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES in Abuja on Thursday.

He said the emergence of the new consul was not only informed by his age demographic but also because of his existing expertise in areas of climate change innovation for a circular economy.

"Our biggest expectation is that our businesses here have local partners. We have lots of local expertises but not particularly in this area," he said.

Mr Pulkkinen noted that oftentimes, the honorary consuls are aged individuals and retirees, but that there is a need...