On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Yu Dunhai announced plans to build Africa’s first local insulin production facility in Nigeria, aimed at ending reliance on imported insulin and positioning Nigeria as a hub for medical biotechnology, during a reception marking China’s 76th National Day anniversary, as reported by Vanguard and ThisDay (Web:0, Web:1). The project, part of China-Nigeria cooperation, follows the Abuja Water Supply Project’s completion, providing clean water to nearly three million people with a 480 cubic meter daily capacity (Web:0). Yu highlighted China’s support for Africa’s self-driven development and noted the symbolic shared October 1 national days of both nations (Web:0, Web:2).
Yu celebrated individual stories, including Ms. Issah Fatimah Abiola, Nigeria’s first female train driver trained by CCECC, who received China’s “Friendship Envoy Award,” and Ibrahim Ismail, a Kano student fluent in Mandarin, reflecting growing cultural ties (Web:0). Nigeria’s inclusion of Chinese in its senior secondary curriculum was praised as a bridge for friendship (Web:0). Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, via Senator Babangida Hussaini, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to transparent, sustainable partnerships in infrastructure, energy, and education (Web:0, Web:3). X posts from @ChinaEmbNigeria (September 24, 2025) detailed the insulin plan, while @Naija_Activist noted 70% public optimism for China-Nigeria ties (Afrobarometer, 2025) (Post:3). The initiative could address Nigeria’s 3.6 million diabetes cases (WHO, 2024; Web:4).
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