Commonwealth Ready to Assist Nigeria Fight Terrorism, Insecurity, Climate Change, Says Scribe

Commonwealth Ready to Assist Nigeria Fight Terrorism, Insecurity, Climate Change, Says Scribe

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

The Commonwealth has pledged its readiness to assist Nigeria to solve the myriad of problems including terrorism, general insecurity and climate change facing it.

Its Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, gave the assurance Thursday during a bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the sidelines of the Global Education Summit holding in London, United Kingdom.

The Media Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina, in a release issued Thursday, listed the areas the Commonwealth scribe promised to assist Nigeria to include countering violent extremism, trade and modalities to implement the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

She stressed 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.

Baroness Scotland said the Commonwealth had developed programmes on agribusiness, adding that value to agriculture products for young people to get involved, climate change, criminal justice reforms, police reforms and security, inviting Nigeria to benefit from technical assistance can be provided.

Responding, President Buhari said Nigeria will be glad to receive support from the Commonwealth in diverse areas of needs and challenges.

According to him, Nigeria was doing a lot to address food security through heavy investment in agriculture, and the security issues confronting the country in different regions and welcomed the offer of assistance by the Commonwealth scribe.

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