The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says Nigeria will collaborate with the Finnish government to grow the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector in the country.

Onyeama disclosed this on Thursday in New York during a bilateral meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The minister described Finland as very strong in ICT, adding that they needed to leverage on the emergence of Nigeria as an ICT hub to expand their market in Africa.

He said that Nigeria was desirous of promoting different kinds of investments in the country.

“Finland is very strong in ICT and we believe that it will be a win-win situation if their companies invest in Nigeria.

“They can produce for the African market and take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area,” he said.

According to Onyeama, with a population of over 200 million people with strong youth presence and favourable economies of scale, Nigeria is fertile and a preferred investment destination centre.

Onyeama also said that Nigeria was one of the countries with the highest returns on investments.

He, however, said that there were things that the country still needed to further improve on to get the best partnership of western countries.