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| Muhammadu Buhari |
PRESIDENT
Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday confirmed that his administration is currently
adopting dialogue with Niger Delta militants towards amicable settlements in
order to end the spate of violence being experienced in the region.
Buhari
said the discussions are facilitated through oil companies and law-enforcement
agencies and expressed hope that peace will be restored in the region
soon adding that his administration is presently studying the mechanisms of
Amnesty Programme inherited from the previous administration in other to strengthen
the programme...
In a
statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
the President made this remarks while granting sendoff audience to the outgoing
Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria, Mr. Michael Zinner, at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
“We
understand their feelings. We are studying the instruments. We have to secure
the environment, otherwise investment will not come. We will do our best for
the country,” the President was quoted as saying.
Buhari
thanked the German government for its continuing support to Nigeria in the
efforts to tackle insecurity and the ongoing rehabilitation and resettlement of
displaced citizens in crisis areas in the North-Eastern parts of the country.
Responding,
the outgoing German Ambassador noted that bilateral relations between Nigeria
and Germany “had improved very much in the last 12 months of this
administration”, and pledged willingness of Germany to assist Nigeria in the
rehabilitation process in the North East to help displaced persons return to
their villages as well as in foreign investments in the country by German
investors.
The
German Ambassador also reiterated the standing invitation of Chancellor Angela
Merkel to Buhari to visit Germany adding that the visit will renew bilateral
relationship between the two countries.
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