President Buhari names core polices of his administration

President Buhari names core polices of his administration

- Nigeria will continue to deepen relationships with her allies, President Muhammadu Buhari says

- The president said the core policies of the administration include securing the country, fighting corruption among others

- He however claimed these cannot be effectively done without good neighbourliness and deepening of relationship with allies

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will continue to deepen relationships with her allies, particularly those with whom she shares mutual beneficial interests.

The president stated this when he received the outgoing Ambassadors of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Republic of Turkey at State House, Abuja, on Thursday, June 14.

The president said the core policies of the administration – securing the country, fighting corruption, and reviving the economy – could not be effectively done without good neighbourliness and deepening of relationship with allies.

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“Security and economic development are crucial to any country, and that was why I visited our immediate neighbours once I got to office,” Buhari said, while receiving Samia Zekaria Gutu, the outgoing Ambassador of Ethiopia to Nigeria.

”I visited Chad, Niger, Cameroon, and Benin Republic. You will spend less money on security, and deploy more resources to infrastructural development, when you are in good terms with your neighbours.”

President Buhari congratulated Ethiopia on the political stability that had been attained in the country, after a recent change of the prime minister.

He also offered best wishes to the Ambassador in her new assignment as head of her country’s electoral body, noting that “anything that has to do with election in developing countries is particularly challenging”.

In his remarks, Amb. Gutu described Nigeria and Ethiopia as “strategic partners” who have deep relationship, adding that her over three-year stay was a period that saw the furtherance of bilateral relations between the two countries.

During the audience with Hakan Cakil of Republic of Turkey, President Buhari congratulated the outgoing Ambassador on the close relationship between the two countries.

Buhari thanked Turkey for academic scholarships granted scores of young Nigerians in recent times.

He also lauded government and private investments in Nigeria in diverse areas like education, medical institutions, and others.

“We value the relationship, we will build further on it,” President Buhari said.

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Amb. Cakil, who was on tour of duty for about three years, noted that Nigeria was his country’s most strategic partner in sub-Saharan Africa.

“I had my first ambassadorial posting here, and I am lucky that during my time, the President of Turkey came here, and the Nigerian President was also in Turkey.

”I will never forget it,” he stated.

The outgoing envoy also wished Nigeria well at the World Cup tournament in Russia.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the political machinery of President Muhammadu Buhari is back at work.

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