This is part of efforts to boost economic and trade relations between both countries.
Her state visit to Nigeria has been tentatively fixed for November.
President Jonathan, who is expected back to the country on Friday from Brazil, according to a statement by his media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, extended the invitation at a bilateral meeting with the Brazilian President on Wednesday.
The meeting took place during the ongoing United Nations' Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The president noted that greater economic and developmental cooperation would be in the mutual interest of Nigeria and Brazil.
The President also said that Nigeria will welcome increased Brazilian support and cooperation for the development of mechanized agriculture, power generation and other sectors in which citizens of the South American nation are globally acknowledged experts.
Also, Jonathan called for the revitalization of the Africa-South American Cooperation Forum which was jointly initiated by Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and his Brazilian counterpart, Mr. Lula Da Silva as a platform for the promotion of economic and political cooperation between the two countries and continents.
Accepting President Jonathan’s invitation to visit Nigeria, President Rousseff said that she will come with Brazilian investors and businessmen with expertise in many fields to give them an opportunity to meet their Nigerian counterparts with a view to establishing profitable joint ventures.
She assured President Jonathan that Brazil, currently the world’s sixth largest economy, would be glad to deploy the skills and expertise which its people have acquired in many fields, including engineering, construction, technology, public infrastructure, hydro-power generation and large scale mechanised agriculture for economic growth and development in Nigeria.
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