Nigeria-Chinese Institute created to improve Nigeria’s image, says Director
Modupe Shodeinde, Abiola Ogunleye, Ifeoluwa Akinkuolie and Lydia Adegbaju The need to change negative perceptions held by Chinese nationals about Nigeria informed the establishment of the Institute of Nigeria-China Development Studies (INCDS), says its director, Prof. Olufemi Muibi Saibu. Saibu, stated this while speaking to UNILAG Sun , saying the INCDS was set up to provide the Chinese with credible and factual information about Nigeria. This was to correct the wrong notions the Chinese had of Nigerians, and improve relations among the two countries. READ ALSO: Virtual Learning has come to stay - Prof Ogundipe “We discovered that the Chinese, who feel that they know much about us, actually know very little about Nigeria and who we are. [It is] what they hear from the Western media and the actions of Nigerians who travel to their countries and have problems that they use to stereotype us negatively. As a result, they see us as corrupt, fraudulent and untrustworthy people...