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Nigeria\u2019s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Amb. Syndoph Endoni, and leaders of the General Confederation of Faso Enterprises (COGEF), made the commitment in Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n
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Endoni said in a statement made available to Primerise News in Abuja on Saturday that the meeting brought together the Nigerian Embassy and Burkina Faso\u2019s principal private-sector employers\u2019 organisation.<\/p>\n
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COGEF President, Idrissa Nassa, led the Burkinab\u00e8 business delegation during discussions aimed at creating greater opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs in both countries.<\/p>\n
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The meeting provided Nigeria with a channel for expanding relations beyond traditional government-to-government diplomacy into business-led cooperation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Both sides agreed that stronger commercial relations could provide additional momentum for broader Nigeria-Burkina Faso cooperation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nassa said COGEF was prepared to develop extensive partnerships with Nigeria capable of substantially increasing bilateral trade and facilitating private-sector investment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said the organisation would work closely with Nigerian partners to identify commercially-viable areas of collaboration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCOGEF will foster extensive economic partnership with Nigeria to significantly increase trade and facilitate investment opportunities between the Nigerian and Burkinab\u00e8 private sectors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nassa said the organisation looked forward to identifying new opportunities capable of strengthening the longstanding economic relationship between both countries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Endoni told the Burkinab\u00e8 employers that Nigeria remained open to economic engagement, partnerships and business opportunities capable of broadening bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNigeria\u2019s doors are open to Burkina Faso for any economic engagement and business opportunities that will further broaden our cooperation,\u201d the ambassador said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said Nigeria attached considerable importance to its relationship with Burkina Faso and wanted economic and commercial ties significantly expanded.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Endoni particularly encouraged greater cooperation to improve the movement of goods and services and create a more attractive environment for investors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ambassador said deeper cooperation in transportation and logistics could help businesses overcome some of the practical barriers affecting regional commerce.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Endoni said efforts were also underway to reactivate joint economic mechanisms between Nigeria and Burkina Faso, especially, the Nigeria-Burkina Faso Bi-National Joint Commission for more structured bilateral economic engagement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n COGEF, previously known as the National Council of Burkinab\u00e8 Employers, represents a major umbrella for organised private-sector interests in Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The organisation maintains engagement with government institutions, employers, workers\u2019 organisations and international partners while promoting enterprise development and private-sector interests.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Transport and logistics cooperation could help facilitate movement of Nigerian goods into Burkina Faso while connecting Burkinab\u00e8 businesses with Nigeria\u2019s large consumer market.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The engagement also comes at an important period in West African relations following Burkina Faso\u2019s closer alignment with Mali and Niger under the Alliance of Sahel States, AES.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The three countries formally withdrew from ECOWAS but discussions continue on maintaining constructive regional relations and cooperation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Against that background, Endoni said stronger bilateral economic ties between Nigeria and Burkina Faso could provide another practical channel for sustaining regional connectivity in spite of the changing political arrangements.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said private-sector cooperation could also help preserve commercial relationships and people-to-people contacts independently of differences at the political or regional institutional level.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Endoni said the meeting with COGEF followed a series of early engagements since assuming duty in Ouagadougou aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and Nigeria\u2019s presence in Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ambassador emphasised greater engagement with government institutions, the Nigerian community and Burkinab\u00e8 stakeholders as part of efforts to deepen cooperation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Both sides expressed confidence that stronger private-sector partnerships could create tangible benefits while reinforcing longstanding ties between Nigerians and Burkinab\u00e8.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nigeria and Burkina Faso have moved to deepen economic relations, targeting increased trade, investment, transportation, manufacturing, logistics and digital-economy cooperation. Nigeria\u2019s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Amb. Syndoph Endoni, and leaders of the General Confederation of Faso Enterprises (COGEF), made the commitment in Ouagadougou. Endoni said in a statement made available to Primerise News […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[365,658,659,364],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-affairs","tag-investment","tag-nigeria-burkina-faso","tag-privatesector","tag-trade"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260911-WA0060.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1069,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/1069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260911-WA0059-300x200.jpg\")