A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday said Buhari had since directed Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to lead MST on the matter
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Onyeama told a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York that the list was being delayed by the recess
The seminar was jointly organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Alike Dabiri-Erewa
Confirming this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday, Onyeama said President Muhammadu Buhari and the Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, would be witnesses to the signing
The spokesperson said some of them had also been indicted for criminal activities including advance fee fraud, warning that the government would not support any Nigerian who broke the law of her host country
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this during a post-UN General Assembly media briefing.
Onyeama explained that the Federal Government had earlier identified some countries where Nigeria’s funds were stashed away and was working closely with them
Onyeama spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in New York, United States of America on the sideline of the 71st UN General Assembly in New York
Onyeama, who made the fact known in Abuja on Friday at a news conference, said the President would be discussing series of issues which had direct impact on Nigeria
The minister said the initiative involved the introduction of a match-making business database that would eliminate bureaucratic bottlenecks in accessing international markets
The minister said most Nigerians doing businesses in the crisis-ridden country have returned to their location due to the ceasefire agreed upon by the warring parties
The minister, who did not disclose the names of the countries making up the bloc, noted with concern that trading among African countries had been very low
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 26 non-career ambassadors and ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary on tour of duty abroad were recalled in June 2015
Onyeama said Nigeria had played important roles in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peace enforcement globally and had contributed and sacrificed human and financial resources
He said the five bilateral agreements were signed in a closed-door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the visiting French President, Francois Hollande
The Multinational Joint Task Force is a combined multinational formation comprising units, mostly military, from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria
This came even as the minister stated that out the nearly two million internally displaced persons in Nigeria, about 6,000 children who are aged below five have been separated from their parents, adding that such a databank would also help to track their parents
According to him, the Chinese are looking for a hub in West Africa, stressing that Ghana is interested in being the hub for the currency to circulate it for those who want to use it but not compulsory
Onyeama said: “The visit is very important to Mr. President because one of the main priorities of this government is to address the challenges in power, infrastructure, transport, road and agriculture
Earlier, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, had expressed concern over the working gap between the National Assembly and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs