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Viewing cable 08ABUJA1456, AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COOPERATION, TRADE WITH AG MINISTER

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08ABUJA1456 2008-07-28 13:38 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXRO7673
PP RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHUJA #1456/01 2101338
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 281338Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3481
INFO RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS 9657
RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABUJA 001456 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT PASS TO USTR-AGAMA 
DOC FOR 3317/ITA/OA/KBURRESS, 3130/USFC/OIO/ANESA/DHARRIS 
USDA/FAS FOR CHAUDRY, ADAMS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ENRG ECON SENV NI
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COOPERATION, TRADE WITH AG MINISTER 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  Ambassador and Agriculture Minister agreed to 
create an Agriculture Working Group under the U.S.-Nigeria Framework 
for Partnership as a way to better engage with the Agricultural 
Ministry in a meeting in Abuja June 24.  The Ministry is moving to 
implement robust plans for agriculture and agri-business and 
welcomes stronger engagement with the USG.  Minister Ruma agreed to 
work to fashion a transition plan to move away from high tariffs and 
existing numerous import bans.  The Ministry is also looking to 
boost AGOA export.  End summary. 
 
2. (SBU) Ambassador, Ag Attach, Acting USAID Mission Director and 
Econ Counselor met with Minister Siyyadi Ruma, Federal Minister of 
Agriculture and Water Resources, in Abuja on June 24. The meeting 
was also attended by Permanent Secretary Professor A.O. Afolabi and 
the Executive Director of the National Food Reserve Agency. The 
purpose of the meeting was to express U.S. concern about the GON's 
continued high commodity tariffs, and note that we hope the 
temporary removal of the Rice tariff was a sign of things to come. 
Removal of all import bans and lowering of tariffs helps with 
advancement of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) 
and adoption of a bilateral investment treaty. The meeting also 
touched on engagement on water and sanitation issues, and the need 
to take more advantage of AGOA. 
 
3. (SBU) The Ambassador thanked the Minister for taking time from 
the Emergency Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture which 
he was hosting (see paragraph 9 for more details). The Minister 
expressed interest in both the Framework for Partnership Working 
Group on Agriculture and the TIFA process. He also described his 
efforts to strengthen Nigeria's National Food Security Program in 
the face of increasing global food prices. 
 
4. (U) Referring to his efforts to carry out the food security 
program and the opportunity to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. 
Mission, Minister Ruma said he was grateful for the USG's support 
and close collaboration on agriculture and welcomed mechanisms to 
deepen that relationship under the Framework for Partnership and 
have a working group to move bilateral agricultural issues forward. 
He said Nigeria needs to embrace and adapt technology advances in 
order to achieve real development progress on agriculture. He added 
that his country needed to learn a lot from developed countries, 
particularly from the United States. He expressed his desire to 
visit the United States to acquaint himself with U.S. agriculture, 
deepen bilateral collaboration on agriculture and seek U.S. private 
sector investment. The Ambassador welcomed the gesture and FAS 
Attach noted that September 2008 could serve as a potential 
timeframe for the minister's visit. 
 
5. (U) Ambassador and Minister Ruma agreed that to address key 
bilateral issues the Agriculture Working Group could have subgroups 
focused on:  productivity enhancement, agricultural biotechnologies, 
commodities, and value chain strengthening.  The Foreign Agriculture 
Service and the Ag Ministry would co-chair the Group, with U.S. AID 
acting as Coordinator. 
 
6. (SBU) The Ambassador pointed out that Nigeria continues to 
maintain import bans on a number of agricultural products and 
commodities and that doing so discourages trade and investment. The 
Minister acknowledged this fact but seemed surprised by the long 
list of banned items highlighted by the FAS Attach in the meeting. 
He welcomed a dialogue with us on this issue through the 
Agricultural Working Group and the related Trade and Investment 
Group focused on similar issues with the Ministry of Commerce and 
Industry. 
 
7. (U) Ambassador raised the possibility of USG and GON water and 
sanitation experts meeting on the margins of the African Union 
meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh. Ruma undertook to have his Minister of 
State, Chief Ademola Seraki, meet with members of the U.S. 
delegation on the margins of the Sharm El-Sheikh AU meeting. 
 
8. (U) Ag Ministry PermSec brought department and agency heads to 
the Embassy July 7 for a meeting with Acting AID Mission Director, 
Econ Counselor, and Acting FAS Attach (participating by 
teleconference from Lagos) to kick off the Working Group.  It was 
also agreed that the Ag Ministry would join the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act (AGOA) Working Group recently established with the 
Ministry of Commerce and Industry to join efforts to increase 
non-oil AGOA experts. 
 
9. (U) The bilateral meeting took place during a break in the 
Emergency Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture hosted by 
Ruma to consider the Draft National Food Security Program. 
Department heads, universities of agriculture, State Commissioners 
 
ABUJA 00001456  002 OF 002 
 
 
of Agriculture, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, private 
sector and international development partners were attending the 
meeting. The proposed food security program offers modifications to 
existing programs and allocates additional federal and state 
funding. Components of the food security program include land 
management, public-private sector participation, infrastructure 
development such as dams and irrigation systems, agricultural 
mechanization program, extension support programs, integrated 
livestock development program, food reserve and storage, agro 
processing and marketing, guaranteed minimum price (new domestic 
support program), agricultural research and development and 
agricultural commercialization. 
 
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