The
G7 group of industrialised nations has resolved to support President Muhammadu
Buhari.
A statement issued yesterday
by the Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the President, Garba
Shehu, said that “at the end of the presentation he made on Monday, the G7
leaders said to him that they recognised the President’s massive amount of
confidence and expectations behind his government.
“They acknowledged him as
having emerged from an election adjudged to be the freest in the country’s
electoral history, but regretted the severe handicaps his new government has to
face from the outset.
“They told President Buhari
that they took cognizance of the fact of the several handicaps, including the
lack of resources, leaving him with a government over-stretched in capacity,
itself riddled with mismanagement.
“The G-7 also noted that the
country’s army lacked training and equipment with little or no will to engage.
“In recognition of the fact
that the security threat of the Boko Haram had gone beyond Nigeria, equally
affecting other countries in the region, the G7 conceded that no one country
can tackle it alone.
“They expressed warm
sentiments towards the Nigerian leader and praised him for reaching out to the
country’s neighbours and the group of industrialised nations within a week of
his takeover of government.
“In view of the seriousness
he has shown in tacking this problem, the group pledged that they would
“engage, cooperate and collaborate” with President Buhari’s government in
tackling the serious problems that Nigeria faces.
“They left it to President
Buhari to come up with the specifics on his requirements, assuring that they
would study the requirements either individually or collectively and offer
help. They asked to know the nature and the scale of the problems in order to
know the nature and the scale of the assistance they will provide.
Suffice it
to say that they assured President Buhari that ‘Nigeria will find a partner in
the G7.” Buhari, who had the privilege of being the first to address the G7
among the invited presidents and prime ministers, was warmly received at the
summit. He returned to Nigeria in the early hours of yesterday.he G7 group of
industrialised nations has resolved to support President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement issued yesterday
by the Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the President, Garba
Shehu, said that “at the end of the presentation he made on Monday, the G7
leaders said to him that they recognised the President’s massive amount of
confidence and expectations behind his government.
“They acknowledged him as
having emerged from an election adjudged to be the freest in the country’s
electoral history, but regretted the severe handicaps his new government has to
face from the outset.
“They told President Buhari
that they took cognizance of the fact of the several handicaps, including the
lack of resources, leaving him with a government over-stretched in capacity,
itself riddled with mismanagement.
“The G-7 also noted that the
country’s army lacked training and equipment with little or no will to engage.
“In recognition of the fact
that the security threat of the Boko Haram had gone beyond Nigeria, equally
affecting other countries in the region, the G7 conceded that no one country
can tackle it alone.
“They expressed warm
sentiments towards the Nigerian leader and praised him for reaching out to the
country’s neighbours and the group of industrialised nations within a week of
his takeover of government.
“In view of the seriousness
he has shown in tacking this problem, the group pledged that they would “engage,
cooperate and collaborate” with President Buhari’s government in tackling the
serious problems that Nigeria faces.
“They left it to President
Buhari to come up with the specifics on his requirements, assuring that they
would study the requirements either individually or collectively and offer
help.
They asked to know the nature and the scale of the problems in order to
know the nature and the scale of the assistance they will provide. Suffice it
to say that they assured President Buhari that ‘Nigeria will find a partner in
the G7.” Buhari, who had the privilege of being the first to address the G7
among the invited presidents and prime ministers, was warmly received at the
summit. He returned to Nigeria in the early hours of yesterday.
culled from the Nation
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