President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Munich, Germany
for the G7 Summit.
Channels TV reports that Buhari will be presenting his “wish
list” to the Summit to seek assistance on the country’s most
pressing problems.
The G7 had reportedly asked Buhari to prepare the list and
present it for their consideration, as a gesture of goodwill
towards Nigeria’s new president.
Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement from
Munich on Sunday revealed that security was the top item on
the list. He also stated:
"The President said he had used every
opportunity at his disposal ahead of the meeting
to discuss the country’s needs with specific
reference to terrorism and development needs at
person-to-person meetings and phone
conversations with some of these leaders.
We have a problem which they know. These
development issues, many and varied as they
are, touch on the economy, combating
corruption, increased foreign direct investment,
FDI; power and energy, infrastructure,
environment, enhanced transparency in elections
and good governance."
President Buhari announced that the leaders of
the industrialised nations had shown a
preparedness to work with Nigeria to help the
oil-rich nation out of her problems.
President Buhari will hold meetings on the
sidelines with the host, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel , the French President, Francois
Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen
Harper, the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
and the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
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