Jonathan to host the Brazilian president in Abuja

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Friday, February 22nd, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan will receive President Dilma
Rousseff of Brazil on Saturday in Abuja and hold talks with her
on the further expansion of trade and economic relations
between Nigeria and Brazil.

President Rousseff’s official visit to Nigerian is in furtherance of
efforts to boost economic and developmental cooperation
between Nigeria and Brazil which were initiated during President
Jonathan’s visit to Rio de Janeiro last year.

At talks with the Brazilian President during the visit in June, 2012,
President Jonathan had called for increased Brazilian support to
Nigeria for the development of mechanized agriculture, power
generation and other sectors in which Brazilians are globally
acknowledged experts.

President Rousseff had while accepting President Jonathan’s
invitation to visit Nigeria, assured him that Brazil, currently the
world’s sixth largest economy, would be glad to deploy the skills
and expertise which its people have acquired in many fields,
including engineering, construction, technology, public
infrastructure, hydro-power generation and large-scale
mechanized agriculture, to support economic growth and
development in Nigeria.

A new Memorandum of Understanding between both countries
will be signed after talks between the two leaders and their
delegations in Abuja.
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