President Emmanuel Macron of
France is billed to visit Nigeria in early July and will address the joint
session of the National Assembly
Ambassador of France to Nigeria
Mr. Denys Gauer, made the disclosure when he paid a visit to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara on Tuesday.
Gauer, who said President Macron
has interest in the future and development of Nigeria, revealed that the French
leader had worked in the French embassy in Abuja early in his career for six
months some years ago.
He noted that Macron hopes to use
the visit to further deepen relations with Nigeria especially in areas such as
youths, culture and creativity.
In his remarks, Dogara said that
members of House of Representatives and indeed the National Assembly would want
to listen to the French President whom he described as “a man of our
generation”.
“He has brought a lot of youthful
zest, dynamism charisma and appeal to French politics and we will want to yield
the floor to him,” he said.
The Speaker also commended the
French government for assisting Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram
terrorists and pledged to give expeditious passage to all bilateral agreements
that would be signed between Nigeria and France during Mr. Macron’s visit.
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