The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Mr Cui Jianchun, has assured that the Chinese government is willing to help Nigeria reduce the level of poverty.
Cui said this on Tuesday in Abuja during the closing of the Nigeria-China Cultural week and award ceremony.
The event was part of activities lined-up to commemorate the Oct. 1 National Day of both countries.
As China celebrates its 72nd anniversary, Cui said his country has recorded robust growth and successes in its economy, innovation, poverty eradication, the Belt and Road Initiative, amongst others.
The ambassador said that part of his strategies as Ambassador in replicating China’s success in Nigeria, is to send young Nigerians to China, understudy the system, get the experience and impact in the Nigerian system.
“This February 25, Chinese President declared to the International Community that we have accomplished the eradication of extreme poverty.
“I want to share with you that this is really the biggest achievement of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese as a nation
“I will like to share with you that we can do this together because Poverty elimination, reduction or eradication really needs the leadership and that has been shown that Chinese President had the strong will.
“How can we achieve this difficult target? We can see that a lot of project policies are in place.
“The most important aspect is that we mobilize the whole society to work together to eradicate poverty from rural areas.
“I am hoping that next year after COVID-19, I am thinking of a possibility of how we can get young people from Nigeria go to China an learn from the Chinese side, get experience. I believe that if China can do that, Nigeria can also.
“We can apply Chinese not only model but way of eradicating poverty. I think there is need for the two countries to work on this poverty eradication. You know you have your goal.
“I think this is a very meaningful thing not only for Nigerian people but also for the international community.
Cui commended the strong bilateral relations between China and Nigeria over the past 50 year and called for a more holistic, comprehensive approach to build “our bilateral relations in another 50 years.”
