Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to Türkiye on Jan. 27 should be read as more than another entry in the diplomatic calendar. It was a signal carefully crafted and institutionally anchored that Türkiye and Nigeria are repositioning their relationship for a more contested, transactional and fragmented global order. The visit culminated in the signing of nine agreements and memoranda of understanding, spanning not only defense and trade, but also diaspora policy, media and strategic communication, higher education, women and social policy, diplomatic training and halal quality infrastructure, plus a joint declaration establishing a new economic coordination mechanism, the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO)
This breadth matters. It suggests that both capitals have moved beyond the project-by-project logic that often limits partnerships in Africa-Eurasia relations. Instead, they are experimenting with a whole-of-government and increasingly whole-of-society approach. Agreements that connect ministries, regulators, universities, diaspora institutions and communication authorities into a single strategic frame. Put simply, the message is clear.
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