ABUJA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's participation in the Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will focus on the upgrading of Nigeria-China relations, the presidential spokesperson said on Friday.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is leading more than 20 top government officials to China on Friday to partake in the summit scheduled to hold between Sept. 3 and 4.
Buhari's spokesperson Garba Shehu said in a statement that the president would discuss infrastructure financing for strategic projects in Nigeria during his meeting with the Chinese leadership.
Buhari will also use the occasion of his audience with the Chinese leadership to assess the progress made so far in Chinese interventions in Nigeria's key priority infrastructure projects, particularly ongoing projects in the railway and power sectors.
The Nigerian leader has consistently acknowledged Chinese support for infrastructure development in Nigeria, Shehu said.
In January 2018 while receiving the board of directors of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, the president had said "we send our gratitude to the Chinese for all their support to Nigeria. Since independence, no country has helped our country on infrastructural development like the Chinese."
