President Muhammadu Buhari says the new Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between Nigeria and South Africa in the areas of Youth Development, Women and Child Empowerment and Political Consultations will lead to increased people to people contact.
Buhari said this after the 10th Session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission meeting with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, who arrived in Nigeria’s Presidential Villa on Wednesday.
In a statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, the president said existing MOUs between the two countries were also reviewed for the progress and prosperity of citizens of both countries.
“The existing MOUs signed during previous Bi-National Commission meetings were also reviewed. These include MOUs on Military Cooperation, Power, Cooperation in the field of Geology, Mining, and Mineral Processing, Oil and Gas and several others,” Buhari was quoted to have said.
”Today, we also jointly launched the Nigeria-South Africa Youth Dialogue, another veritable tool for interaction among our youth with the aim of creating shared values and aspirations. Many of our youth, from Nigeria and South Africa, joined us virtually during the launch.”
Buhari expressed appreciation to Ramaphosa for initiating the Youth Dialogue, adding that continuous interaction between the youth of the two countries will further break down barriers and suspicion among our people.
He described Ramaphosa’s visit as successful despite the scare generated by the new COVID-19 variant named Omicron.
