Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Trail Trans Logistics Group of Companies in Russia have concluded arrangements to formally launch an e-commerce platform that will boost import and export between Nigeria and Russia.
The official launch, according to LCCI, is scheduled to hold on Tuesday, June 21.
According to Muda Yusuf, director-general, LCCI, the RuNiTrade e-commerce platform comes at a time Nigeria seriously needs forex from export as a way of diversifying the economy and strengthening the non-oil sector.
“The focus, here, with this launch, is to strengthen the bilateral trade relations between Russia and Nigeria, and boost the economic activities between the two countries,” Yusuf said.
The DG further said the launch would feature B2B interaction between a delegation of Russian businessmen and their Nigerian counterparts on opportunities available to willing investors in international trade.
Trail Trans Logistics, a Russian-based group of companies and operators of the RuNiTrade e-commerce platform, said its partnership with LCCI was to add value to Nigeria’s international trade relations’ status and unravel the hidden treasures in doing business with Russia, as a big window to Europe.
Sampson Uwem-Edimo, company’s general director, in a statement said the company is positioned to make bilateral trade relations between Russia and Nigeria a smooth one.
“And to achieve this, we will continuously transmit news about Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, to Russia. The move is a bold and aggressive attempt at stimulating investment flows between both nations.”
