Nigeria is open to support and assistance from the Commonwealth in diverse areas of needs and challenges, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared.
He spoke during a bilateral meeting, yesterday, with Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, on the sidelines of the Global Education Summit in London, United Kingdom.
Baroness Scotland said the 54-member state political association had developed programmes on agribusiness, mostly value addition for young people to get involved, climate change, criminal justice reforms, police reforms and security, inviting Nigeria to benefit from technical assistance that could be provided.
ALSO, the President brainstormed with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the various forms of terrorism in Nigeria, with both agreeing that the judicial process must be allowed to run its full course. He briefed the premier on the country’s power needs and efforts being made, as well as initiatives geared at achieving food security.
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