{"id":16332,"date":"2019-10-04T16:46:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16332"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T16:46:36","slug":"how-nigeria-worked-for-south-africas-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-nigeria-worked-for-south-africas-freedom","title":{"rendered":"How Nigeria worked for South Africa\u2019s freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of South Africa, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyril_Ramaphosa\">Cyril Ramaphosa<\/a>, has noted that the relationship between his country and Nigeria was anchored on mutual respect, solidarity and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa also said that without Nigeria, South Africa\u2019s freedom would come at a much greater cost.<\/p>\n<p>The President said South Africa will never forget the great debt it owe Nigeria and will never allow the lawless actions of a few to undermine the bonds of friendship between people of the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on Friday at the State banquet during the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Nigerian leader, Ramaphosa said, \u201cIt is a great honour to warmly welcome you to our country for the first time following your re-election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur relationship is anchored on mutual respect, solidarity and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was forged in a common struggle against colonialism and apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also informed by the need to overcome our common challenge: poverty and underdevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, your visit to South Africa takes place shortly after the commencement of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe congratulate you on your election as the President of the Assembly and we are pleased to have you, from the brotherly country of Nigeria, presiding over the Assembly as it prepares for its 75th Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assure you of South Africa\u2019s full support in the implementation of your priorities and responsibilities in your term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to share a common vision on the need to reform multilateral institutions to reflect the realities of the changed and changing global environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us to achieve what the founders of this organisation sought to do, the creation of a peaceful world, where human rights are protected and its people free of want, we must use this opportunity to work collectively to address our common challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe significant role that your country has played in multilateral organisations such as the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement cannot be overemphasised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour country has contributed to UN peacekeeping responsibilities all over the world and under your leadership a peaceful return of a democratically-elected government in the Gambia was negotiated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur countries must continue to participate in promoting a peace and security agenda for the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this respect, we require African solutions to African problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr President, Africa is confronted with numerous challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese challenges include conflict, insecurity, migration, underdevelopment, poverty, corruption and poor governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that we can only overcome these challenges if we work as a united front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have at our disposal an abundance of natural and human resources that can be developed and harnessed to put Africa on a path of sustainable economic development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica has to embrace and participate meaningfully in the Fourth Industrial Revolution to develop our human capital and to beneficiate our natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we support initiatives to attract foreign direct investment to our shores, we must do more to promote intra-Africa trade and investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs South Africa, we firmly support the African Continental Free Trade Area and believe that through this important instrument we can work together in accelerating intra-African trade and boosting Africa\u2019s trading position in the global market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Excellency, We owe our freedom to the people of Nigeria and the people of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pay tribute to Nigeria\u2019s tireless support for the international campaign against apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not forget how Nigeria spearheaded the call for political and economic sanctions against apartheid South Africa following the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960, which left many unarmed demonstrators dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not forget the great sacrifices made by the Nigerian people in the 1970s and 1980s for the freedom that South Africans enjoy today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout Nigerian support, our freedom would have come at a much greater cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will never forget the great debt we owe you and we will never allow the lawless actions of a few to undermine the bonds of friendship between our peoples.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, in that spirit of solidarity, we reaffirmed the strategic bilateral relations between our two countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe further committed ourselves to working together to enhance close political, economic and social cooperation in keeping with our mutual desire to establish a special relationship between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo concretise this, we have today inaugurated the first session of the Bi-national Commission presided over at Heads of State level, again symbolising the cordial and time-tested relations and the high esteem with which we regard our bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Excellency, Once again, thank you for honouring us with your presence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay you and the people of Nigeria have good health 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