President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman Femi Adesina says the relationship between Nigeria and China is one that his boss cherishes and highly values.

Adesina stated this when he received the Vice Minister of Information of State Council, Peoples Republic of China, Guo Weimin, who was on an official visit to Nigeria.

The president’s media aide said the fact that the Nigerian leader cherishes the cooperation between both countries means there will always be areas of mutual cooperation from which their media organisations should profit. He reiterated the readiness of the presidential media team to build on the existing relationship while also exploring other areas of cooperation.

Weimin had earlier informed Adesina that he led a team of other officials of the Chinese government to explore areas of exchange of ideas towards deepening the relationship between the Chinese and the Nigerian media industry.

He mentioned New Media, transparency in governance, broadcast communication and socio-cultural values as areas in which they hope to share ideas with their Nigerian counterparts.

He also acknowledged that Presidential spokesmen have a big role to play in deepening this relationship and therefore solicits the cooperation of Adesina in that regard.