Nigeria and Israel have re-strengthened the bilateral ties between the two countries in agriculture, education and culture.
This was unveiled by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) when an Israeli Deputy Head of Mission to Nigeria, Mr George Deek, acclaimed in Abuja yesterday, against the backdrop of the cordial relations between the countries, noted that the private sector played a key role in the various areas.
Speaking with our correspondent, Mr. George emphasized that “You will recall that Lagos State signed an agreement with an Israeli company to establish an agriculture university''
According to him, the agency adopts the “learning-by-doing initiative’’ to impart practical knowledge to trainees, with a view to creating sound foundation.
Deek also said that the agency was involved in community building, with emphasis on gender
The envoy said that Israeli journalists have documented the Osogbo Festival and published a magazine on it in Hebrew.
“These are all efforts to expose the Nigerian culture to Israel. We also have an Israeli singer, who is teaching children music under the classic-kids project’’.
While listing other areas of cooperation to include security, the envoy said that Israeli expertise had become relevant to the Nigerian situation, stressing that emerging forms of crime like the Boko Haram phenomenon, kidnapping and bomb blasts were issues “we have been dealing with in Israel’’.
He said that both countries would continue to cooperate to further strengthen their bilateral ties, spanning over many decades.
NAN reports that more than 1,000 Israelis, mostly professionals in construction, manufacturing and agriculture, reside in Nigeria
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