By Hugo Odiogor Foreign Affairs Editor
Determined to make its presence in Nigeria felt, South Korea has pledged to assist Federal Government in the attainment of the goals of reduction of poverty in the country through support to vision 2020 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The South Korean Consul-General in Lagos, Mr. Pilcheen Pak said his county is working towards making Nigeria actualise its dream of economic prosperity. KOICA's Chief Resident Representative in Nigeria, Mr. Jung Sang-Hoon, and the Consul General Pilcheen Pak spoke in Lagos during the meeting of KOICA Alumni Association (KAAN), South-West Branch, in Lagos.
Both Sang-Hoon and Pak challenged the KAAN alumni, as beneficiaries of Korean capacity-building programme, to efficiently promote the knowledge they acquired during their various training in South Korea, to make Nigeria attain its aspiration of economic development. The Korean official said the agency has established Country Partnership Strategy(CPS) for Nigeria from 2012 to 2015 in consideration of Nigeria's development environment, needs and priority and Korea's comparative advantage resource mobilisation.
Sang-Hoon, who was the guest speaker at the event, explained that said the agency is providing assistance for sustainable socio-economic development, promoting humanitarian assistance and human security, education and vocational training for Nigerians and other partner countries.
