President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Zambia of a deepened collaboration with Nigeria for the good of their people and the benefit of the African continent.

He said this when he received a Special Envoy of Zambian President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu at the State House on Thursday.

The Special Envoy, Joseph Malanji, who is Zambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanked Nigeria for its “big brother role in ECOWAS and the African continent, stressing that “equity is when strong ones strengthen the weak ones.”

The Zambian President called for stronger bilateral relations and greater impetus for the Joint Commission of Cooperation between the two countries.