Leilani Bin-Juda, who serves as the High Commissioner of Australia to Nigeria, recently shared her country’s interest in further strengthening the existing bilateral relations with Nigeria.
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Her focus is on creating a mutually beneficial relationship that will positively impact the people of both countries.
The High Commissioner believes that there is a great opportunity to improve economic cooperation between Australia and Nigeria.
She is keen to explore opportunities that will help advance trade and investment between the two countries.
Additionally, Leilani is also passionate about helping Nigerian students access the outstanding education infrastructure that Australia has to offer.
She believes that her country is the best place in the world for Nigerian students to study and is committed to making this a reality for more students.
At a recent reception organized by the High Commission in Abuja, Leilani expressed her delight that Australia has maintained an excellent relationship with the government and people of Nigeria.
She is committed to fostering new partnerships that will allow both countries to benefit from each other’s strengths.
She said, “Australia delivers a well-targeted development programme in Africa to help build food security and resilience, strengthen government capacity in key sectors, empower vulnerable communities, and share knowledge on climate adaptation and renewable energy.
“Our development cooperation programmes utilise Australian skills and technical expertise in education, agriculture, health, mining, and science and technology wherever possible. We ensure a strong focus on gender equality and disability inclusion across all of our activities and partnerships.
“Australia Awards Masters Scholarships and courses on climate adaptation and mitigation, and renewable energy, and Humanitarian funding to address food security, including in the Horn of Africa
“Deployments of Australian expertise through Australia Assists and the United Nations Junior Professional Officer Program, and Funding to ACIAR to expand agricultural and climate change related projects in Africa, and Digital Earth Africa, a tool mapping impacts of climate change across the continent.
“Australia’s engagement with Africa, particularly with Nigeria, reflects the diverse challenges and opportunities across the African continent. We are providing immediate, lifesaving humanitarian support for those impacted by devastating drought and conflict in the Horn of Africa and elsewhere, through our UN and Australian NGO partnerships.
“Through high quality education and training programs, and deployments of technical experts, we are helping African nations to build capabilities, including in climate change adaptation, climate-resilient agriculture and water security.
