Nigeria is ready to provide counterpart funding on all agreements
\nreached with China for the provision of infrastructure that directly
\nimproves the livelihood of Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari said
\nThursday in Abuja.<\/p>\n
Receiving Yang Jiechi, Special Envoy of the President of China, Xi
\nJinping, at State House, President Buhari expressed deep appreciation
\nfor China’s sustained and genuine efforts to improve Nigeria’s
\ninfrastructure development, especially in the sectors of road, railway,
\naviation, as well as power and water resources.<\/p>\n
”Now that we have a government in place (with the Ministers), we know
\nthe provision of infrastructure is very important. It (Infrastructure)
\nprovides job opportunities and economic sustainability which are very
\nimportant for political stability,” the President said.<\/p>\n
President Buhari also underlined Nigeria and China’s cooperation at the
\ninternational arena, saying: ”At the international level, we appreciate
\nthe support we give to each other and very importantly this must be
\nsustained.”<\/p>\n
”Nigeria is determined to play its role wherever China’s interest is
\nconcerned,” the President said while appreciating China’s support for
\nNigeria’s presidency of the 74th UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n
On Lake Chad, the President emphasised the need for sustained support
\nfrom China on the recharging of The Lake, noting that Nigeria and
\ncountries in the region have a lot to benefit from Chinese expertise and
\ntechnology on inter-basin water transfer.<\/p>\n
”China has the technology, the people and the resources to help Lake
\nChad Basin countries because not many people in the region appreciate
\nour problem of being near the Sahara desert and its influence on our
\npopulation and\u00a0 climate change, which is affecting over 20 million
\npeople living there,” he said.<\/p>\n
President Buhari also welcomed the offer by the Special Envoy for close
\npartnership between Nigeria’s governing party, the All Progressives
\nCongress and the Communist Party of China.<\/p>\n
Delivering the message of President Xi, the Special envoy, who led a
\nhigh-powered Chinese delegation to the meeting, assured President Buhari
\nof China’s readiness to improve strategic partnership with Nigeria and
\neffectively implement the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa
\nCooperation (FOCAC) Beijing Summit in 2018.<\/p>\n
”China firmly supports Nigeria in pursuing a development path that
\nsupports Nigeria’s national conditions. We have every confidence that
\nunder Your Excellency’s able leadership, Nigeria will achieve even
\ngreater success in its national development.<\/p>\n
”During Your Excellency’s trip to China for the FOCAC Beijing Summit,
\nwe had bilateral meetings and reached important agreements on our
\nbilateral relations and issues of mutual interest.<\/p>\n
”I highly value China’s ties with Nigeria and stand ready to work with
\nYour Excellency to enhance our political trust, jointly pursue Belt and
\nRoad Cooperation, effectively implement the outcomes of FOCAC and
\nstrengthen our coordination in regional and international affairs so as
\nto further enrich the strategic partnership between both countries,”
\nPresident Xi said.<\/p>\n
The Chinese leader once again congratulated President Buhari on his
\nre-election.<\/p>\n
With President Buhari at the meeting were Ministers of Finance, Budget
\nand National Planning, Power, Transport, Aviation, Industry, Trade and
\nInvestment and Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n
The meeting discussed the status and implementation of several on-going
\nprojects being undertaken by Chinese firms in the country including
\nrailways, free trade zones, Mambilla Hydro-Power plant and four airport
\nterminals, among others.<\/p>\n
Nigeria is ready to provide counterpart funding on all agreements reached with China for the provision of infrastructure that directly improves the livelihood of Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n