China to Collaborate with Abia Govt to Fight Against Hunger and Poverty

China to Collaborate with Abia Govt to Fight Against Hunger and Poverty

 China says it wants to strengthen friendship and relationships between the government and that of Abia State, as well as to extend its project on “Fight Against Hunger and Poverty” in Abia.The Consul General of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Ms. Yan Yuqing disclosed this Wednesday when she led a delegation of the Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria on a working visit to Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State. At the meeting, she expressed the country’s readiness to link Abia to partners in China as well as assist the state in such areas as vocational education and agriculture, adding that they would be donating computers to the State.She said, “So really, I think that this trip, for me, is a visit of understanding, investigation, and to strengthen friendship, especially to find opportunities. Yes, it’s also a journey of hope and of the future. I hope that next year, we can open this window to China in your State University, University of Agriculture, or State Polytechnic.“I hope that I can help you to find a partner, a sister university, or Polytechnic colleagues in China for exchange programmes. So, you can start the people-to-people exchange programmes, like students, like teachers, and so on. The Chinese Consul-General also promised to assist in creating Abia City in China for better partnership and collaboration, making Abia, the sixth state in Nigeria, to have a city named after her in China.”Ms Yuqing appreciated the Governor’s excellent leadership style and said that with the kind of leadership he demonstrates, the partnership would work and donated food items worth over 4 Million Naira to the state to be distributed to the very poor and vulnerable under their ‘Fight Against Hunger and Poverty’ initiative.Responding, the state governor, Alex Otti who expressed his willingness to partner the People’s Republic of China, noted that Abia people share similar traits of resilience and hard work with the Chinese, stating, “The can-do spirit, the entrepreneurial spirit, and the never say die spirit is what you get in Abia people. That’s why the way to approach development here will be different from the way you approach it elsewhere.“That’s why today, we (Nigerians) are still as a country dealing with somewhere around 50% of our people living in poverty. That’s a large number, when you compare that with China, 1.42 billion people economy and the poverty rate is just 1%. So, we must do something intentional to ensure that we get our people out of poverty,” Gov. Otti stated.

Source: China to Collaborate with Abia Govt to Fight Against Hunger and Poverty

 - NigerianEye
Invest in US dollars: https://hashflare.io/r/CF2F6691