President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will be glad to receive support from the Commonwealth in diverse areas of needs and challenges.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, also quoted Buhari as saying this during a bilateral meeting on Thursday with the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland at the sidelines of the Global Education Summit holding in London, United Kingdom.
Commenting on Nigeria’s efforts to address food security through heavy investment in agriculture and the security issues confronting the country in different regions, Buhari stated that the most populous country in Africa welcomed the offer of assistance by the Commonwealth scribe.
Baroness Scotland said the Commonwealth had developed programmes on agribusiness, adding value to agriculture products for young people to get involved, climate change, criminal justice reforms, police reforms, and security and urged Nigeria to benefit from technical assistance that can be provided.
She added that since President Buhari was the Champion for Anti-Corruption in Africa, the Commonwealth has developed anti-corruption benchmark tools, and would like to work with Nigeria in both public and private sectors.
Other areas the Commonwealth could assist, according to Baroness Scotland, include countering violent extremism, trade, and modalities to implement the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
