President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will give
priority to the building and development of resilient and viable cities
comparable to other developed cities across the globe.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement, quoted Buhari as saying this in
Shanghai, China yesterday at a meeting with the Mayor of Shanghai, Mr.
Yang Xiong and the Director of Shanghai Free Trade Zone, Liu Fangzhou.
President Buhari said his government would give full support
to free trade and export processing zones in the country to spur rapid economic
development.
Buhari, who visited the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, said
Nigeria was prepared to learn how to make her cities more viable from those
that had achieved development.
“We have already identified the development of infrastructure
which will bring industries that create jobs and help us to diversify the
economy. We are going to work hard to achieve these within the period we have
in office. Nigerians will see progress and feel the impact,” Buhari said.
The Mayor of Shanghai expressed the willingness of several
Chinese businesses to key into the vision of the Chinese President Xi Jinping
for Africa by investing in Nigeria.
The Director of the Free Trade Zone commended the efforts of
the Nigerian government towards the diversification of the economy.
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