Nigeria and the Hungarian Government are to sign a Memorandum of
\nUnderstanding on areas of joint co-operation of the multitudes of
\nopportunities presented for the mutual benefits of both countries.
\nThis position was made known during a courtesy visit to the Vice President
\nby a Hungarian delegation headed by the State Secretary for Foreign
\nAffairs and External Economics Relations\u00a0 Peter Szijjarto.
\nThe Vice President, through interactive sessions expressed his
\nappreciation to the kind and favourable consideration by Hungary to open
\nan Embassy in Nigeria and\u00a0 thanked the Hungarian Government for their
\ndecision to cooperate with Western Regions of Africa specifically Nigeria.
\nThe Vice President took time to explain to the Hungarian delegation the
\nrudiments of the Transformation Agenda and the contents of the Mid-Term
\nReport Review. He detailed on the milestones attained in all spheres.
\nArc Namadi Sambo was excited by the selection of Education, one of the
\nmajor areas of the Transformation Agenda, to offer a one-year scholarship
\nto Nigerian students.\u00a0 He expressed his appreciation to the Hungarian
\ngovernment for the kind gesture while also expressing the readiness of the
\nFederal Government to provide the enabling environment for Hungary to
\nengage the private sector on a Public Private Partnership in
\nsocio-economic spheres stressing that the country has made giant strides
\nin industrialization.
\nEarlier, Peter Szijjarto said that Europe was envious of the position of
\nNigeria and congratulated the country for her splendid economic
\nachievement in attaining 6% economic growth. He stated further that
\nHungary desires to cooperate with emerging regions of the world and that,
\nafter the Hungarian crisis, they decided to rebuild their presence in
\nNigeria by setting up an office and posting an ambassador.
\nFurthermore, the Hungarian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs stated
\nthat he had earlier held a meeting with the Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Trade
\nand\u00a0 Economic Cooperation and that they would soon sign a Memorandum of
\nUnderstanding with the Nigeria\u2019s Education Minister to grant a one-year
\nscholarship for 50 Nigerian students in Hungary. He stated that currently
\nthere were 700 Nigerian students in Hungary out of which 400 were studying
\nMedicine
\nThe special envoy also expressed the readiness of Hungary to participate
\nin the exploration of the Nigeria\u2019s Liquefied Natural Gas (NLG) by joining
\nthe efforts.
\nThose in attendance at the meeting were the Deputy Chief of Staff to the
\nPresident Abubakar Kachallah, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
\nNurudeen Muhammad, Nigerian Ambassador to Hungary Eddy Onuoha, his
\nHungarian counterpart Maris Zsolt, Hungarian Chief of Cabinet, Benko
\nNrilard, Consul General Endre Deri and First Secretary Bela Becker amongst
\nothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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