Youth Development Minister Inuwa Abdul-kadir said this yesterday at the opening of the Committee of Experts on the Implementation of the Protocol of Cooperation. He was repre-sented by a director, Imam Abubakar.

He averred that it was in demonstration of the conviction that Nigeria was hosting the meeting to keep faith with the protocol signed between the two countries at the 37th session of the Council of Ministers meeting held in Niamey in October, 2011.

The Secretary-General of the joint commis-sion, Ambassador Abduljalil Sulaiman, disclo-sed that the meeting was convened for experts from the two countries to brainstorm and propose practical youth exchange programmes.