The minister stated that the agreements included three with government’s agencies and two for the private sector.
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.
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