French President Macron to visit Nigeria, address joint session of National Assembly
- The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, will visit Nigeria in July
- The French president will address a joint session of the National Assembly
- The ambassador of France to Nigeria, Denys Gauer, said Macron is interested in the future and development of Nigeria
The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, is billed to visit Nigeria in early July.
President Macron, Legit.ng gathered, will seek to address a joint session of the National Assembly.
The ambassador of France to Nigeria, Denys Gauer, during a visit to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday, February 6, said Macron has interest in the future and development of Nigeria.
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Gauer said Macron had worked in the French embassy in Abuja early in his career for six months some years ago.
He said the relationship between Nigeria and France in the last few years has centred on security.
He added that Macron hopes to use the visit to further deepen relations with Nigeria especially in areas such as youths development, culture and creativity.
Responding to the proposed visit, Dogara said a number of lawmakers would be pleased to listen to the French president.
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Describing Marcon as “a man of our generation”, Dogara said the president of France has brought a lot of youthful zest, dynamism charisma and appeal to French politics.
He said: "And we will want to yield the floor to him."
Dogara also thanked French government for assisting Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists and pledged to give expeditious passage to all bilateral agreements that will be signed between Nigeria and France during Macron’s visit.
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Legit.ng earlier reported that Dogara, had suggested a permanent solution to fuel scarcity in Nigeria.
Describing fuel scarcity as embarrassing to Nigeria, Dogara said that refining crude oil locally would be a permanent solution to ending fuel scarcity in Nigeria.
He said local refining of crude will make fuel easily accessible to all Nigerians.
According to him, a high-powered consultation is ongoing on the part of leadership at different level.
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Source: Legit.ng
