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*ENCOURAGES AFRICAN BUSINESS PEOPLE TO CREATE PROSPERITY ACROSS COUNTRIES</div>
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President
 Muhammadu Buhari will soon be hosting his South African counterpart on a
 state visit in Abuja as both leaders are now working to boost 
diplomatic relations of the two nations, according to Vice President, 
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.</div>
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The
 Vice President who just returned from a visit to South Africa last 
night also held brief meetings over the weekend with both President 
Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, where issues of common 
interests to both Nigeria and South Africa were discussed. He also 
commissioned a new Consular section building of the Nigerian High 
Commission office in Pretoria <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1150015024" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>.</div>
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Speaking
 with the press after separate meetings with the South Africa leaders, 
Osinbajo said "the meetings went very well" and that they were helpful 
in further establishing the traditional friendships between the two 
countries.</div>
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He
 disclosed that the meetings also reviewed  "some of the critical areas 
both countries are expecting to deal with in the coming years,” 
disclosing for instance that "you know, President Zuma will be visiting 
Nigeria very shortly.” </div>
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He
 continued: “these meetings, in some senses, are preparatory and we are 
looking forward to seeing him-(President Zuma). And we thought it might 
be useful to mention one or two things that will be important in the 
meeting that he will be having with President Buhari very shortly."</div>
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Prof.
 Osinbajo who held several engagements over the weekend in South Africa,
 including private events, met the South African leaders in Midrand on 
the sidelines of the ruling African National Congress, ANC policy 
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He
 assured both South African and Nigerian media that the ties between 
both countries would be further strengthened under the Buhari 
administration, observing that "there is chemistry between President 
Buhari and President Zuma.”</div>
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During
 his stay in South Africa, Prof. Osinbajo attended the annual Pan-Africa
 Prophetic Gathering hosted by the House of Revival Church in Brakpan, 
was hosted to a Business dinner by the members of the South African 
Chamber of Commerce and also held an interactive session with Nigerians 
based in the country.</div>
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At
 the dinner he urged Nigerians and South Africans to put aside any 
difference and pursue prosperity across the two countries, with the mind
 to break any barriers, while stating that the governments of both 
countries would on their part create enabling environments to do 
business.</div>
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"We
 need to create an enabling environment where people who want to do 
business don't have to compromise themselves, there are those who would 
rather not do business if they have to compromise,” the Vice President 
reasoned.</div>
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He
 said African leaders should not be planning their policies as though 
there are no huge inequalities in their countries. He said for instance 
in Nigeria, "we now have to plan our budgets as a nation with the 
realization of the huge number of the extremely poor in our population."
 An important part of the solution to bridge the inequalities, he noted 
is investing in education</div>
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The
 Vice President then explained the social investment plans of the Buhari
 administration including the Conditional Cash Transfer and School 
Feeding programmes to the gathering. He stated that "once this model 
succeeds, it may become a model to sell to other countries in Africa."</div>
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He
 concluded that proper education would also help to define the true 
narratives of how Nigeria and South Africa have bonded in the past, 
recalling how Nigerian and the South African peoples collaborated 
successfully during the movement against apartheid rule. He said for 
instance, proper education on how both Nigeria and South Africa 
collaborated in the past is the way to end some of the divisive 
occurrences recorded recently including attacks against in South Africa.</div>

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