Nigeria to assist Uganda in building petroleum institute
President Goodluck
Jonathan on Saturday in Kampala promised the Ugandan President, Yoweri
Museveni of Nigeria’s support in the building of a petroleum institute
in Uganda.
Mr. Jonathan said this during bi-lateral talks with Museveni at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort,
Kampala, venue of
the 15th African Union Summit. He called for cooperation between oil
and gas stakeholders in the public and private sectors in Nigeria and
Uganda.
He said that such cooperation would hasten the establishment of the institute by the Ugandan government.
The president
commiserated with Ugandans over the bomb blasts by suspected terrorists
in the Ugandan capital during the final match of the World Cup which
resulted in loss of lives.
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