Buhari: China, strategic partner in my change agenda
President Muhammadu Buhari says China remains a strategic and dependable partner in his administration’s determination to change the direction and content of governance including the management of national resources with priority on accountability, transparency and result-orientation in governance.
Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, in a statement, quoted Buhari as saying this on Saturday in South Africa in his address at the round-table of Chinese and African leaders at the conclusion of the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
The president noted that since its inauguration in May, his government had embarked on the task of re-focusing governance on the real needs of the vast majority of Nigerians.
President Buhari said he was confident that China would always stand shoulder to shoulder with his administration in its quest to fulfill the aspirations of Nigerians to propel them to prosperity.”
He commended the theme of the Second Summit, “China-Africa Progressing Together: Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development" and expressed optimism that it would engender the right platform to engage Africa in such fields of human endeavours as provision of essential infrastructure, skills development and capacity building, diversification of economies and beneficiation of resources.
Buhari identified with the laudable objectives of FOCAC in cultivating, fostering and deepening political, economic, technological, social and other forms of relations between China and Africa.
He specifically lauded China for the vision behind the establishment of FOCAC as a platform for higher level Africa-China relationship.
According to him, “Africa expects Chinese investment flows to the real sector of our economies to promote African enterprises. Our over-riding objectives are to tackle the challenge of unemployment, wealth creation, food security and industrialisation”.
Read more at
No comments:
Post a Comment