China has
offered Nigeria a loan worth $6bn to fund infrastructure projects in Africa’s
biggest economy.
“It is a credit
that is on the table as soon as we identify the projects,” the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, told reporters who travelled with President
Muhammadu Buhari to China.
“It won’t need
an agreement to be signed; it is just to identify the projects and we will
access it,” he said.
Also, the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
said in a statement that the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, offered $15m
agricultural assistance to Nigeria for the establishment of 50 demonstration
farms across the country.
The offer was
in response to Buhari’s vow to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production.
The offer,
according to Shehu, was made during talks between Buhari’s delegation and
high-ranking Chinese government officials led by Jinping.
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