Through its Infrastructure Advisory Facility the United Kingdom Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UKNIAF), offered technical assistance to Ogun State Government to assist it in its pursuit of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone project (SAFZ). This was made public by Dr Adeola Odedina, the Commissioner for Agriculture.
He stated that technical assistance would be provided to the African Development Bank at the request of the African Development Bank (AfDB). It would be paid for through the Overseas Development Assistance, and delivered by Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO).
Odedina stated that the United Kingdom Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility will provide targeted technical assistance in order to increase institutional and human capabilities necessary to deliver the SAFZ project.