July 14, 2011

Turkish Deputy PM Arinc shares Nigeria visit on Twitter

Anadolu Agency

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, who is currently in Nigeria to attend D-8 meeting, shared his impressions from his visit through his Twitter account.

Arinc visited Turkish schools in the Nigerian capital Abuja and then wrote: "I am in Nigeria. I spent time with Nigerian children who are as beautiful as all the kids on earth."

Bulent Arinc in Nigerian-Turkish schoolArinc also said that he was proud of the education provided by Turkish schools.

"I was told that this school had 93 percent success rate for passing university entrance exam this year," Arinc told his followers on Twitter.

"I want to share hope and happiness on faces of these children who will be the owners of the future," he said.

Arinc also posted two photos of him taken with students.

Bulent Arinc visited Nigerian Turkish International College, Nigerian Turkish Nile University and Nigerian Turkish Nizamiye Hospital on the sidelines of his visit to Abuja.

Reported by Anadolu Agency, 14 July 2011