President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for Nigeria and South Africa to strengthen people-to-people relations to prevent unhealthy competition among their citizens.
Buhari stated this on Wednesday when he received President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa at the opening of the 10th Session of Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Abuja.
Buhari said: “Mr. President, permit me to state that some of the challenges identified during the last Bi-National Commission (BNC) have not been completely addressed. We need to ensure that our people-to-people relations are enhanced to a point where there would be no need for unhealthy competition,”
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“In this regard, we need improvement in educational and scientific cooperation, mines and energy resources, transport and aviation, tourism, youth exchange programmes, trade and investment and military cooperation, to mention but a few.
“Let me at this point re-iterate my commitment to ensure that the special relationship between our two countries is continually strengthened.”
