NIGERIA-SOUTH AFRICA RELATIONSHIP WIN-WIN FOR OUR PEOPLE, SAYS BUHARI
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| President Muhammadu Buhari (left) and host.President Cyril Ramaphosa. |
President
Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his appreciation to his South African host,
President Cyril Ramaphosa for inviting him to his country following
the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country in which Nigerians living
in South Africa suffered huge losses.
Buhari noted that the
relations between the two leading countries in Africa was full of potential and promise and was a win-win for our both
countries and for the continent at large.
“I would
like to again thank President Cyril Ramaphosa for inviting me and my delegation. The last two days have
demonstrated strongly the importance of keeping on the same page as we march
forward, hand in hand, as one people with a shared vision and one destiny.
“Ours is a
relationship full of potential and promise and this can only be a win-win for
our peoples and for Africa at large,” Buhari said.
He added that as the two largest economies in Africa, there were many areas in which
Nigeria and South Africa could share experiences, invest and cooperate.
“To this end, and to consolidate
on our joint quest to deepen this strategic relationship, I have taken the
opportunity to formally invite President Ramaphosa to pay a State Visit to
Nigeria,” the Nigerian leader said.
He noted that both countries
firmly believed that a strong strategic relationship between could become the
engine for the rapid economic, political, social, and cultural development of
Africa, thereby delivering the Africa that all Africans wanted.
“Let me highlight that the South
Africa-Nigeria Bi-National Commission is the only BNC that Nigeria has with any
country that is co-chaired at Heads of State level, reflecting the strategic
and special nature of the relationship between our two countries,” Buhari concluded.
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