Headline : Collaboration Between Nigeria, South Africa Will Benefit Africa, Says Think Tank

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Johannesburg, South Africa — An independent international public policy think tank, the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), yesterday said that good trade, diplomatic and bilateral relations between Nigeria and South Africa would positively impact the African continent.

Programme Head, African Governance and Diplomacy, SAIIA, Steven Gruzd, said this in a meeting with the third cohort of the MTN-sponsored Media Innovation Programme (MIP) at the SAIIA, University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

While speaking on: "Assessing the Nigeria- South African Bilateral Relations and the Gains and the Losses", Gruzd said: If South Africa and Nigeria are working together; if the relations are strong; if there is good trade; and if there is good diplomatic relations, it really makes a difference and it really can pull up the rest of the continent."

Lamenting that there had been more attention on other things that get in the way of what really is a critical relationship for the continent, he added that tensions will makes things much more difficult for the continent to develop.

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