Buhari’s Government Is Nigeria’s Opportunity To Make Progress

Buhari’s Government Is Nigeria’s Opportunity To Make Progress – Britain

President Buhari and Britain's chief of defense staff

According to the special adviser on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the president said this at an audience with Britain's Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, who paid him a visit at Aso Rock, Abuja.

Buhari said, "For a country to be efficiently administered, it must first be well secured because other social and economic initiatives cannot thrive in an atmosphere of insecurity.

"An environment has to be secured before it can be rehabilitated. Nigeria currently has about 1.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and they need to be returned to their homes and brought out of trauma.

"Their schools, hospitals, churches, mosques, farms and livelihoods have been destroyed by insurgents. If they are not catered for, the country may lose their loyalty.

"When Boko Haram is pushed out and the environment secured, normal life will be restored. That is what we are determined to do. Other things like farming, economic activities and social life will then return. Nigerians are quite enterprising."

President Buhari further told the British Defence Chief that Nigeria appreciated Britain's support for the retraining of its Armed Forces and asked for more assistance in other areas such as logistics, equipment and intelligence.

In the statement by Adesina, the president also called for more international support for regional efforts to improve security in the Gulf of Guinea through which crude oil stolen from Nigeria is shipped.

Speaking earlier, General Houghton said that the Buhari Presidency was a huge opportunity for Nigeria to make progress, adding that he was quite impressed with the progress Nigeria has made in the war against terrorism under President Buhari.

He assured the president that Britain will continue to support the federal government's efforts to end the Boko Haram insurgency.

"We will also help to ensure that the causes of insurgency are removed. Beyond the military dimension, we are also interested in the stabilization dimension," he said.
Earlier reported by leadership.

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