Tackling Insecurity; “We’ll appreciate your support” – Buhari tells Commonwealth

Buhari spoke with Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General, during a bilateral meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the Global Education Summit in London. This is according to a statement by presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina.

President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria will be glad to receive support from the Commonwealth in tackling the country’s insecurity challenges and “in other areas of needs”.

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Buhari was cited as saying that Nigeria was doing a lot to address the security concerns that the country was facing in many sections, as well as food security, by investing heavily in agriculture.

Scotland, for her part, said the Commonwealth has developed programs on agribusiness, adding value to agricultural products to encourage young people to participate, climate change, criminal justice reforms, police reforms, and security, and urged Nigeria to participate.

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On her part, 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 invited Nigeria to benefit from technical assistance that can be provided.

She went on to say that because Buhari is Africa’s anti-corruption champion, the Commonwealth has established anti-corruption benchmark instruments and would like to collaborate with Nigeria in both the public and commercial sectors.

Countering violent extremism, trade, and mechanisms for implementing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement are among the other areas where Scotland believes the Commonwealth can help (AfCFTA).