The French Embassy in Nigeria has pledged investment in sports and educational programmes to promote French language speaking in Nigeria.
The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jérôme Pasquier, made this known on Sunday in Abuja at the Abuja Schools Competition organised by the Institute François, to commemorate the International Francophone Week. Pasquier said that a lot of Nigerians love to speak the language, adding that investing in sports and educational programmes would help to achieve this goal. The ambassador said that since Nigeria was surrounded by French speaking countries, learning French language would enable people engage more in trade and connect with neighbouring countries. Nigerian is surrounded by French speaking countries of Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin.
NAN
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