President Muhammadu Buhari has stated regardless of divergent opinions of the populace, his management is maintaining the promises he made in advance of the March 28, 2015, presidential election.
The President additionally said that with the arable land to be had within the country, Nigeria wished no longer to be uploading food in any respect.
A announcement on Monday via the President’s unique Adviser on Media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, stated that Buhari said this at a meeting with a few senior executives of the Qatar Chamber of trade and some private businessmen in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.
Buhari said, “Agriculture and solid minerals will mobilise youths for gainful employment. We have the capability now not to want to import food at all.
“but we need to also tackle infrastructure deficit in energy, transportation, rail, avenue and in different regions.”
He recalled that his marketing campaign became based totally on 3 issues, which can be security, employment generation and anti-corruption, contending that he changed into retaining religion with the promises.
Buhari confident the business network in Qatar that his government might paintings hard to take away any impediment that could avert investment within the us of a, including that protection changed into vital to prosperity and development.
He said, “nobody invests with out first understanding how at ease a rustic is. This is why we’ve got positioned high top class on securing the us of a, because you can’t successfully manipulate a country you haven’t secured.
“We campaigned on zero corruption, promising that we would run an accountable authorities and we are maintaining our promises.”
at the crash within the international crude oil costs and its effect at the Nigerian economic system, Buhari knowledgeable the collection that Nigeria become blessed with significant arable land for agriculture, and wealthy deposit of solid minerals, which the businessmen should spend money on and achieve wealthy returns in a brief time.
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speakme on behalf of the Qatari businessmen, the vice president of Qatar Chamber of commerce and industry, Muhammed Al Kuwari, stated they could be interested in the finance, oil and gasoline, telecommunications, tourism, agriculture and food processing sectors, amongst others.
“All eyes are on Africa in the subsequent decade. Africa is the subsequent location for increase, the rest of the arena is looking towards the continent and Nigeria is an crucial a part of that continent,” he informed Buhari and individuals of his delegation.