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President unveils French Cultural Centre, pledges support for Lagos State

Macron made the pledge while unveiling the Alliance Francaise, a French Cultural Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos, built in collaboration with Chief Mike Adenuga.

Macron made the pledge while unveiling the Alliance Francaise, a French Cultural Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos, built in collaboration with a Nigerian business mogul, Chief Mike Adenuga.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Macron is on an official visit to Nigeria.

“Mr Governor, we spoke yesterday (Tuesday) while going to the shrine and on our way to this place, Alliance Francaise. But at the end of it all, I realised that both offices did share same views that we can do tremendous things together.

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Lagos is one of the challenges of, not only Nigeria, but Africa. This huge city is a tremendous challenge about how to make people live together in peace and better society; I want France to be part of this story.

“I do want my country and citizens to be part of this experience, which means sharing same values, cultures, languages, literature, music, movies, projects, common economic projects, among others,” Macron said.

He said that the development of the French Cultural Centre was part of the measures to scale up the relationship between France and Nigeria.

“I see the Alliance Francaise as a commitment aimed at making the friendship between both countries, who have different cultures, but vivid and vibrant as well as lifting barriers that have existed between both cultures.

“The common space we have is not linked to language or country. We are different people; but we share same values and it is precisely this common values we want to convey. “The Alliance Francaise is one of the best illustrations of this commitment,” Macron said.

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Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Prof. Wole Soyinka and members of the Lagos State Executive Council were among the dignitaries who attended the event.

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