By Seun Adams
The Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has condoled with the people and government of China over the death of the former President Mr. Jiang Zemin.
At the condolence visit on Tuesday at the Chinese Embassy in Abuja, the Minister said that it is a great loss to the people and government of China which has a great relationship with Nigeria nothing that China is doing a lot of development projects in Nigeria which has impacted positively on the economic growth of the country.
He said: “I am here to condole with the government and good people of the Republic of China over the demise of the former President of China, Mr. Jiang Zemin, which occurred on 30th November 2022 at the age of 96 years.
On behalf of the Ministry of Police Affairs and the entire Police family in Nigeria, please accept our sincere condolences”
Earlier, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Cui Jian Chun, thanked the Minister for the visit saying that, it is a great loss to the Chinese people and international community in view of Zemin’s contribution to China’s development.
He noted that China and Nigeria’s economic relationship continues to wax stronger which had facilitated tangible projects for both countries such as railways, seaports, ICT, and other business opportunities.
Signed: Bolaji O. Kazeem, Head (Press and Public Relations Unit).