Buhari tackling corruption, eradicating poverty – Envoy
By Ochiaka Ugwu with Agency Report
R-L: Representative of the President of Ghana,
Nana Akufo-Addo, Hon. Afriyie Akoto ,Minister of Food Security and Agriculture
being welcomed by Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana ,Ambassador Olufemi
Michael Abikoye and spouse, Kikelomo
Pervasive
corruption in Nigeria is being frontally tackled by President Muhammadu
Buhari, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to
Ghana, Ambassador Olufemi Michael Abikoye has said, even as he commends the
President for” liberating Nigerians from
the shackles of poverty to prosperity”
Ambassador Abikoye
lauded the economic policies of the Federal Government which he noted has
contributed to the growth of the nation’s GDP.
According to
him, the Federal Government is doing great in stimulating the economy adding
that the nation’s economy has witnessed a steady growth under the present
administration.
“Our GDP is
expected to grow by 2.7 percent this year while our external reserves have
risen to $45 billion. Credit goes to the good leadership quality of President
Muhammadu Buhari”
He
continues; “There is no doubt that the administration is
laying the foundation and taking bold steps in transforming our economy and
liberating our people from the shackles of poverty to prosperity. This is
through enhanced domestic production of basic goods along value-chain and
reduction of reliance on imported goods”
He said the
Federal Government has continued to work to reduce social and economic
inequality through targeted social investment programmes, education, technology,
and improved information adding “cumulatively, nearly two million beneficiaries
have received aid under these programmes apart from Anchor’s borrower
progmramme and school feeding initiative each reaching two million recipients”
The High
Commissioner disclosed that the Nigerian government is poised to do much more stressing
that in the next four years, the Nigerian government is more than ever committed
to implement transformation plans in social and physical infrastructure, food
security and manufacturing sector”
On security,
Abikoye said it is a thing of joy that the principal thrust of Buhari’s administration
in his second term of office is to consolidate on the achievements of the last
four years and tackle the new challenges the country may have been faced with
and chat a bold plan for transforming Nigeria.
He counseled
Nigerians living in Ghana that nation building is a process and not an event.
According to him, nation building takes time to mature adding “We should heed
the invitation and clarion call of our dear President to join him in the
journey of rebuilding our nation as we move to the next level of change from
poverty to prosperity”
Speaking on
Nigeria- Ghana relations, the High Commissioner said subsisting excellent
bilateral relations between the two countries remain cordial. According to him,
“while the gains from these relations are growing in bounds by the day and in
spheres of human endeavour, may I reiterate my belief that we can do more”.
He commended
President Nana Akufo-Addo, the government and people of Ghana for their “caring
and brotherly love” towards the High Commission and the Nigerian community in Ghana.
Buhari tackling corruption, eradicating poverty – Envoy
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