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Speaking at an audience with the Commander of United States Africa Command, General David Rodriguez, President Buhari said with greater support from his administration in terms of improved training, equipment, logistics and welfare, the Nigerian Armed Forces were now well positioned to meet the December deadline which they have been given to end the Boko Haram insurgency
He said: “We are at a time of monumental challenges and tough choices, but also a time of incredible opportunities for achieving competitiveness, inclusive growth and sustainability
He said: “As a member of the Lake Chad Basin Commission Summit of Heads of State and Governments, the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been giving maximum support to Lake Chad Basin Commission to ensure the discharge of its mandate in addition to funding the Lake Chad Basin Commission ordinary annual budget through the funding formula to which Nigeria contributes 40 per cent; Niger seven per cent; Libya 18 per cent; Chad 11 per cent; Cameroon 20 per cent; and Central African Republic four per cent
At separate audiences with the new British and Swiss Ambassadors, who were at the Presidential Villa to present their letters of credence, President Buhari noted that British, Swiss and other foreign anti-crime agencies had already given his administration much help with relevant information and intelligence on public funds that were stolen and illegally transferred to personal bank accounts by officials of past administrations
The SGF, who spoke through the Permanent Secretary, Political Matters office, Ibukun Odusote, said Buhari had made it “a policy that it will be unfair to spend so much in celebrating at the expense of ordinary Nigerians who are grappling with poverty”
President Buhari also proposed the adoption of peace as a seventh essential element of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted last Friday by world leaders in New York
These contributions, he said, would go a long way in reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide
The President thanked Chief Obasanjo for a job well done and commended the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for its steadfast commitment to peace, security and progress in Guinea-Bissau and the entire West African region.
He recalled the long standing economic ties between the two countries which dated as far back as 1902 when the CFO, a major French company, set up a training programme in Lagos.
Addressing leading French businessmen and investors at the headquarters of the Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF), President Buhari also reaffirmed his government’s determination to curb corruption in Nigeria
Announcing the launch of the year-long campaign to end violence against children, the President said “This is a historic day. A day when Nigeria stands up and says to our children – we commit to protecting you from violence.
Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.), the Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Defence, Finance, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Industry, Trade and Investment as well as the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council.
I wish to remind you of the Federal Government’s commitment to overhaul the rules of engagement and improve operational and legal mechanisms so that disciplinary steps are taken against proven human rights violations by the armed forces.
The letter further reads, “That the directive applies to all the Boards of the Federal Capital Territory Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions and Government Owned Companies”.
This explains the energy that characterized the popular campaigns for Change that ushered in the current administration, and also accounts for the unprecedented vibrancy of citizens’ engagement of government we are witnessing, scrutinizing every single policy action and statement and holding our leaders accountable to the promise of Change – the promise of a new Nigeria.
“It shows genuine interest in the humanitarian approach to our problems, which he very correctly and eloquently described in terms of security, economic and how international community and the United Nations in particular, which he represents, intends to help us to solve these problems
“Our country is going through very challenging times and we will need all the prayers we can have and the best place to do that for the Muslim Umma is in Saudi Arabia,” the President said
In demonstration of true African solidarity and brotherhood, President Buhari has sent former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in Guinea Bissau
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja assured indigenous companies operating in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector of the full…