Nigeria has signed a bilateral intellectual agreement with China to find lasting solutions to the challenges of insecurity in both countries.
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, speaking on the Nigeria-China bilateral agreement, said both countries are experiencing insecurity challenges and need to work together to ensure peace in both nations, Africa, and the world by extension.
The ambassador spoke after the signing ceremony between China’s Contemporary World Nigeria Magazine and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution of Nigeria (IPCR) in Abuja. Jianchun stressed the need to have peace for development, growth, and sustainability.
“Both China and Nigeria have issues of insecurity, we need peace, therefore, we must work together to find resolutions to these problems. We need harmony in integration, society, culture that will enable us to achieve peace, development, and sustainability,” he said and further stated that China was looking at ways to make Nigeria a developed country and also make the African continent developed.
“We are looking at ways through which we can make Nigeria a developed country and the rest of Africa as well through infrastructure, ICT, and good governance. With the signing of this agreement, Nigeria becomes the first African country to sign an agreement with China on peace and security.”
The ambassador also explained the importance of having service-oriented leaders and not people seeking merely to seize power, adding that China faced the challenges Nigeria currently faces many years ago, and said that if political parties were selfless enough, Nigeria would become like China.
Dr. Bakut Bakut, Director Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, remarked: “This agreement is a boost to our partnership which is a continuation of what the country has been doing with the Republic of China which will focus more on Africa, world peace, and security.
The magazine is focused on non-sentimental issues such as environment, culture, economics, and others. Contributions to the magazine will be 60% China, 40 % Nigerian and the magazine will cost N1000 due to subsidy from the Chinese. The magazine will be officially launched in September and it’s going to be quarterly.”
