Emmanuelle Blatmann, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, said Nigeria was France’s first trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa.
At her country’s national day celebration at the embassy’s residence in Abuja, the envoy said Nigeria’s trading alone accounted for 75 per cent of French investments in West Africa.
Ms Blatmann appreciated the guests and partners of the embassy who honoured her invitation to the national day celebration on an evening.
“It is also a celebration for all those who recognise themselves in the universal message carried by the revolution and in our motto – liberté, égalité, fraternité (liberty, equality and fraternity).
“This enthusiasm is also reflected in the vitality of our economic and trade relationship,” the envoy said.
According to her, over 10,000 Nigerians are employed in about 100 French companies in Nigeria.
“The recent creation of the French TECH Community in Lagos will welcome start-ups and entrepreneurs from our two countries.
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