Nigeria, March 5 -- Nigeria and Taiwan are on the verge of entering into bilateral trade and technology relations that will enable Taiwan to stimulate agricultural, technological and industrial developments in Nigeria, an official has said.

A Taiwan Representative in Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu, disclosed this on Wednesday when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV's The Morning Brief.

Mr Liu said the bilateral relations will help Nigeria utilise some of its resources to end its reliance on the crude oil economy and also encourage the exchange of machines, raw materials, and technologies between the two countries.

"This is what Taiwan can offer to Nigeria because we know how to survive without any natural resources," he said.

Mr Liu sa...