The French Consul Normal in Lagos, Laurent Favier, has expressed delight at celebrating one other Bastille Day.
He mentioned the day is a particular one for the French folks as they have a good time their nationwide unity round their motto: ‘liberté, égalité, fraternité’.
“These are the values we’re celebrating at present, values that information France’s motion whereas selling worldwide solidarity, peace, democracy and multilateralism. “Because the Olympic video games are about to kick off in France, let’s embrace collectively, the values embodied by Olympism, excellence, respect, friendship, dedication, equality, inspiration and braveness,” he acknowledged.
He remarked that the day is well known in Lagos and Abuja with their Nigerian associates and all freedom lovers around the globe.
Past the values and the ties that unite Nigeria and France, he mentioned each international locations’ bilateral cooperation dated again to many many years and he was proud that it’s thriving in virtually all sectors. “For the reason that election of President Tinubu, we’ve had no fewer than 4 French ministerial visits to Nigeria, together with that of the Minister of Overseas Affairs.
“In the course of the latest interval, we’ve established new partnerships, primarily for the good and proficient youth and ladies of this nation, whose vitality evokes us. With the aims of job creation and entrepreneurship, we eagerly assist the event of vocational coaching, artistic and cultural industries, digital and technological innovation, e-sport, pupil mobility and college cooperation,” he mentioned.
Including that the month of June was significantly intense when it comes to cultural collaborations with the total assist of the French Embassy in Nigeria, he mentioned over 25 Nigerian animation studios have been current on the Annecy Animation Movie Competition. Extra not too long ago, for the primary time, a delegation of proficient younger documentary filmmakers have been in a position to present their tasks to a number of French producers on the Sunny Aspect of the Doc in La Rochelle.
The Trend and Design sectors have been additionally highlighted by our “Lagos x Paris” Accelerator. The objective, he mentioned, was to supply steerage, construction and assist for the expansion and growth of quite a lot of high-potential Nigerian entrepreneurs each regionally and internationally.
“In June, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group additionally celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in Nigeria with a profitable occasion in Abuja. Since 2009, the AFD Group has asserted itself a significant technical and monetary associate of Nigeria, investing 3.3 billion euros in over 57 tasks, together with 800 million euros by way of its private-sector subsidiary Proparco. Beneath the patronage of the French Embassy, the partnership between AFD and Nigeria goals to advertise a sustainable and inclusive growth mannequin that generates employment, improves infrastructure, and helps training and expertise growth,” he added.
He went on so as to add that this enthusiasm can also be mirrored within the vitality of each international locations’ financial and commerce relationship. “Nigeria is France’s first buying and selling associate in sub-Saharan Africa and alone accounts for over 60% of French investments in West Africa with roughly 10 billion Euros FDI in Nigeria. 100 French firms are right here and make use of over 10,000 Nigerians. The French firms are within the oil, agriculture and agri-food, pharmaceutical trade, renewable energies, Tech, logistics and microfinance sectors. They create factories, farms or vocational coaching institutes and register their actions over time, showcasing their spirit of initiative and, their deep dedication on social points.”
He revealed that each one members of the ‘Workforce France’ of the Consulate Normal do a outstanding job to advertise and deepen the bilateral relationship between Nigeria and France by way of Enterprise France, the Financial Division (to foster financial and business enterprise in France or in Nigeria), the French Growth Company Group with its subsidiary Proparco, devoted to the private-sector, the dynamic Franco-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and its 450 members, the group of French Overseas Commerce Advisors and the France-Nigeria Enterprise Council, Promosalons, Alliance Française de Lagos – Mike Adenuga heart, the French Lycée Louis Pasteur, which has simply obtained 100% success within the A-Stage (Baccalaureate), Campus France (the gateway to attend larger training in France) in addition to the Cooperation and Cultural Affairs Division.
