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BEIJING-The China Railway Construction Corporation, CRCC, Limited, has said they're planning to build a university in Nigeria.

That's not the best part. The best part is that 90% of the staff will be Nigerians.

While meeting with Nigerian journalists in Beijing, China, the Executive President of the company, Cao Baogang, said Nigeria was China’s most cherished market.







On why they are doing it, he said it was a social responsibility geared towards promoting quality education in Nigeria.


CRCC intends to build the university either in Lagos State or Rivers State, for training of its local staff and other Nigerians.

He said:

“In China, we have a university called Beijing Jiaotong University, Chengdu. And because we fully support technology transfer, we will do our best to replicate another Jiaotong university in Nigeria.”

Beijing Jiaotong University is one of the best schools in China, because it was part of a "Project 211", carried out by the Chinese government to boost research capabilities in the country's universities.



Back to Baogang, he spoke about the Kaduna-Abuja railyway project which was completed in July of 2016, costing about $850 million. There's also the part where a $1.2 billion loan from China-EXIM Bank financed new structures in Abujam Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Kaduna Airports.

According to Vanguard, the Vice President, China Civil Engineering and Construction Company, CCECC, a subsidiary of CRCC, Mr. Zhang Wenjin, also had stuff to say.

He said CRCC was the major investor in the Lagos Lekki Free Zone, saying the Free Zone was an important platform for Chinese and international companies. A project he believes that when complete, will boost Nigeria's drive for industrialisation.

To be honest, if the Chinese mean what they're saying, we hope that University gets to happen very soon.

http://pulse.ng/student/china-railway-construction-corporation-crcc-wants-to-build-a-university-in-nigeria-id6564669.html

This is a welcome development that will boost our economy..

BTW, first to comment.......

We should sell Nigeria to the Chinese for 20 years please.

Those 2 posters above me


Una no get work abi

cool, since we nigerians have proven we cant make anything work, instead of giving oil blocks to alakija,Danjuma and co. give it to the chinese in exchange for infrastructure like power , water etc

Nice

America will not like this

This will really be nice for our development

I'm starting a new meme page on IG ... assmalone

if ever america and china go to war, Nigeria will be the battle ground

Good one

Rivers please...

And will the building change the curriculum and system?

Kk.. Good gesture


Abeg make una come develop our educational system and develop our country technological structure, as he be say our leaders own na to hide billion of dollars inside malls and plaza

Lagos o, Rivers no dey go school

Chinko school.. Ko le last

Wonder why they waited this long...Education is big business for places like Nigeria they has a skewed view of it.

Thoniameek:
Rivers please...

And will the building change curriculum and system?

Lol why must it be rivers

Just joking o. I understand. However Lagos may fight to keep this one by offering better deals with the said company just like they did with the refinery.

These people wants to take over everything

But wait ooo, is it is still going to fall under Nigeria education system

This is much better than constantly sending people overseas to be 'trained'.

we are watching

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Use Naira to grow Nigeria... Kudos to them

it's alright. hope the school will not be expensive like other private university

Promising Nigeria heaven and earth toothless bulldogs

Chinese...#fuqed face, realest brain.

Lagos or rivers?

Statsocial:
Lol why must it be rivers

Lagos already has enough development going on for them and there'll be more to come...

Borno, please. The north needs education.

mayoor15:
This will really be nice for our development

wake up .name today they start there promising abi