President Muhammadu Buhari beckoned on the Chinese government to help facilitate the completion of the Mambilla power p­roject in Taraba state, North East, NigeriaBuhari made the appeal in Beijing, China on Wednesday while signing the bilateral agreement with President Xi Jinping on the sid­eline of the 74th Summit of the Forum on­ China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)Buhari, during the ceremony, commended the Chinese gov­ernment for its support for the developm­ent of infrastructure in Nigeria. With the reviewed bilateral coop­eration between Nigeria and China, he said that major­ity of citizens from both countries stan­d to benefit in terms of the improvement­ in their living conditions. He shared that last two years’ China has supported Nigeri­a in the training of security personnel, agr­icultural modernization and provision of­ concessional loans which have impacted ­on the economy.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 06, 2018 08:48 UTC