BRUSSELS, Nov. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Cameroon and Nigeria inaugurated this Thursday the bridge over the Cross River that will link the interior of both African countries, in an infrastructure that has received funding from the European Union and the African Development Bank.
It is a key infrastructure in the corridor to unite regions of Central and West Africa and an example of European investments within the framework of the ‘Global Gateway’, the sustainable investment plan with which the EU wants to reduce Chinese influence over Africa and other regions of the world.
The 402-meter bridge and its respective roads have received 25 million euros in European subsidies and its construction has lasted four years. This infrastructure and the border crossing it generates are a tangible demonstration of the EU’s support for African partners, the European Commission stressed in a statement, stressing that this infrastructure will develop the agro-pastoral potential of the area and increase the income of the population.
The objective is also to improve connectivity between Nigeria and Cameroon and the integration, trade and movement of goods and people between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). ).
