The UK announced, via the Minister of State for Africa Harriett Baldwin (photo), the implementation of a £70 million programme that would create 100,000 jobs in Nigeria.

Speaking at a trade meeting organized during UK prime minister Theresa May’s visit in Nigeria on 29, August 2018, Harriett Baldwin explained that this programme would boost the incomes of three million citizens in Nigeria's poorest regions.  

 “We are here today to talk about technology links between the UK Fintech (financial technology) sector and the Nigerian Fintech sector. We would bring inward investment in terms of this important sector of technology. Today, it is all about celebrating those links through technology and I am very excited that the Prime Minister is announcing a new £70 million programme that will create some 100,000 jobs in Nigeria and will also raise the income of three million people from the poorest parts of Nigeria”, the Minister of State for Africa said.

Harriett Baldwin also added that her delegation (of various UK businesses) whose goal is to strengthen and deepen those links is also willing to invest “the kind of capital that creates jobs”.