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The two-day visit of the French president to Nigeria ends. After a political meeting in Abuja with President Buhari, and then a cultural evening at Shrine Lagos, Emmanuel Macron focused Wednesday, July 4, 2018 on economic issues. And as he did for culture, he linked them to sport through a partnership signed with the NBA.
Paris and one of the richest sports federations in the world, namely the American basketball league (NBA), signed a partnership Wednesday in Lagos, in the presence of the French head of state. 19659003] Objective: basketball courts to mobilize unemployed youth from megacities like Johannesburg, Lagos, Abidjan. An idea launched from Nigeria by President Macron .
With the French Development Agency, the NBA will invest 12 million euros, particularly in infrastructure in South Africa, Nigeria, in Ivory Coast or Liberia.
But this money will also be allocated to educational activities for street children, in partnership with non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
" if Boko Haram thrives, it is also because the great prosperous poverty "
Why Basketball? Because the NBA is worth $ 30 billion in the US market. As the director of AFD, Rémy Rioux, says, sport is a creator of wealth and it is not only football in life.
But of course, sport does not exist either in life. Also, Emmanuel Macron has of course evoked other topical issues with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari. For example, the fight against Boko Haram
As a reminder, security in the Sahel and the G5 were one of the major themes addressed by the French president during his Mauritanian leg, on the sidelines of the African Union summit.
From Nigeria, Mr. Macron explained how France would contribute more to this struggle. And that goes again by the economy because " if Boko Haram prosper, it is also because the great prosperous poverty ," he said.
We worked on stabilization projects, that is to say, to allow the economic stabilization of this region. If Boko Haram thrives, it is also because great poverty flourishes; it is because, sometimes, governments, public services, have withdrawn and no longer offered stability and prospects
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They also spoke in particular about the political crisis in Togo, in which " the status quo is no longer possible " for Emmanuel Macron, as he then explained at the microphone of our special envoy
It is not up to France to explain what is the political solution for Togo. President Nana Akufo-Addo is doing a lot of mediation work. It is he who today has the "lead" of this negotiation on behalf of the African Union. President Buhari is entering an electoral period soon and I think Nigeria will have, after this election period, an important role to play
President Macron on the situation in Togo
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