simplyolat Nigeria and France have signed five bilateral
agreements on Cultural, Scientific Education
and Technical Cooperation, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama said
on Saturday.
Onyeama, who made this known to State House
correspondents in Abuja, said the five bilateral
agreements were signed in a closed-door meeting
between President Muhammadu Buhari and the
visiting French President, Francois Hollande.
The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa
The minister stated that the agreements included
three with government’s agencies and two for the
private sector.
``There was an MoU for the cultural, scientific
education and technical cooperation and this was
between the French government and Nigerian
government.
``There was MoU between the French
Development Agency and the Federal Ministry of
Finance.
``There was another agreement between the
Finance Ministry and this was with the National
Power Training Institute of Nigeria.
``So, those are the three agreements with
government’s institutions and there were two
private sector agreements.
``There was one again with the French
Development Agency and Zenith Bank, which was
represented by its chairman, among other,’’ he
said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
French President Francois Hollande also
confirmed the signing of the agreements during a
joint news conference with President Muhammadu
Buhari after the closed door bilateral meeting
between Nigeria and France.