French President Emmanuel Macron has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to the Africa-France Summit scheduled for June 2020 in Bordeaux, France.
Secretary General, Africa-France Summit, Stephanie Rivoal, said this when she visited the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Tuesday in Abuja.
She said that the summit with the theme “Sustainable Cities” was aimed at helping African countries resolve the rural-urban drift among other challenges bedevilling the continent.
According to her, Nigeria is expected to showcase its projects that have been proven to work at the two day summit for all stakeholders involved in development of cities.
She said it was the wish of Macron for Nigeria’s president to attend the summit because of the importance of Nigeria in the continent.
“I will appreciate it if President Buhari will come with a delegation of people involved in city development.”
She stressed that the summit wanted to provide a forum in which “ministers share ideas with one another on concrete solutions to development of cities.”
This she said explained why the summit would be hosted in Bordeaux instead of the bigger city, Paris.
The grand finale will be a football match between the World Champions, France, and the winners of the 2019 African Cup of Nations taking place in Egypt in June.
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She said that the summit with the theme “Sustainable Cities” was aimed at helping African countries resolve the rural-urban drift among other challenges bedevilling the continent.
According to her, Nigeria is expected to showcase its projects that have been proven to work at the two day summit for all stakeholders involved in development of cities.
She said it was the wish of Macron for Nigeria’s president to attend the summit because of the importance of Nigeria in the continent.
“I will appreciate it if President Buhari will come with a delegation of people involved in city development.”
She stressed that the summit wanted to provide a forum in which “ministers share ideas with one another on concrete solutions to development of cities.”
This she said explained why the summit would be hosted in Bordeaux instead of the bigger city, Paris.
The grand finale will be a football match between the World Champions, France, and the winners of the 2019 African Cup of Nations taking place in Egypt in June.
_ vanguard News
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