President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda Friday disclosed plans to establish air and rail links between his country and Nigeria.
Speaking with State House correspondents at the end of a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, he said that the plans are to further consolidate the bilateral relations existing between the two countries, The Nation reports.
According to him, his country would soon revive its airline so as to immediately establish the air link between his country and Nigeria.
He said, “We will like to revive our airline so that we establish an air link because that one is also easier.
“But, ultimately we would have to have physical linkages through the railways that will be done for the future,’’ he said.
Stressing that he was in Nigeria with his wife to honour invitation by the National Defence College, Abuja, he said that his country would continue to patronise the training programmes of the college and that of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna.
He said that some Ugandan universities had been providing various opportunities for many Nigerians wishing to acquire university education in Uganda.
He said, “On the issue of the bilateral relations, what is easier now is sharing institutions like this National Defence College.
“Some Ugandans have already graduated from there – six of them. But, we can send more and we normally send officers to the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna State.
“And I was informed by the ministers in Nigeria here that many Nigerians go to Uganda to study in the universities.
“So, sharing institutions is easy because that one involves just movement of human beings,’’ he stated.
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