The Ambassador of France to Nigeria Mr. Denys Gauer, during his visit on Tuesday to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara, disclosed that President Emmanuel Macron of France is billed to visit Nigeria in early July and will address the joint session of the National Assembly.
Gauer, said President Macron has interest in the future and development of Nigeria. He revealed that the French leader had worked in the French embassy in Abuja early in his career some years ago for 6 months.
He stated that Macron hopes to use the visit to further deepen relations with Nigeria especially in areas such as youths, culture and creativity.
Responding, Dogara described the French President as “a man of our generation”, he said that members of House of Representatives and the National Assembly would want to listen to the French President.
“He has brought a lot of youthful zest, dynamism charisma and appeal to French politics and we will want to yield the floor to him,” he noted.
Dogara went further to commend the French government for their assistance to Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists.
He also pledged to give expeditious passage to all bilateral agreements that would be signed between Nigeria and France during Mr. Macron’s visit.
