From #PMBinLagos, President @MBuhari departed Lagos Tuesday for Senegal to attend the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture, convened jointly by the government of Senegal and @AfDB_Group, on under the theme “Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience.”
The President delivered a goodwill message to the Summit, welcoming the provision of $538.05 million by @AfDB_Group, @isdb_group and @IFAD for the first phase of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) for Nigeria programme. #PMBinDakar#AfricaFoodSummitDakar2
“The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones for Nigeria, which is in the first phase will cover 7 States. These very innovative public-private partnership models will help us to transform the agriculture sector much faster and use it to generate wealth.” — President @MBuhari
“The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones are game changers for the structural transformation of the agricultural sector.” — President @MBuhari#AfricaFoodSummitDakar2#PMBinDakar
From Dakar, Senegal, the President returned to Nigeria, landing in Katsina last night. #AfricaFoodSummitDakar2
President @MBuhari, Saturday assured that government will ensure that citizens are unharmed in their businesses and no disruption is caused to the entire supply chain arising from the currency swap due to end shortly.
Reacting to reports of long queues of people waiting for hours for their turn to deposit old notes and get new ones, triggering public anger and opposition’s criticism, President Buhari reiterated that the currency changes…
President @MBuhari today in Abuja launched the new Naira banknotes, expressing delight that the redesigned currencies are locally produced by the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) PLC.
Speaking at the launch, ahead of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting, President explained in detail the basis for his approval to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign the ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1000 banknotes.
According to the President, “the new Naira banknotes have been fortified with security features that make them difficult to counterfeit.”
President @MBuhari Wednesday in Seoul, expressed Nigeria’s desire to widen the scope of trade relations with the Republic of Korea beyond gas exports.
Speaking during a bilateral meeting with his Korean counterpart, Mr. Yoon Suk-Yeol @President_KR at the Presidential Palace on the sidelines of the First World Bio Summit, the President called for expansion from the long-term gas contract to other areas.
On behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the largest of 21 countries of Africa that are members of the Commonwealth, I welcome incoming British Prime Minister @RishiSunak to office.
As the first Prime Minister of British-Asian descent and the youngest in about 200 years, these milestones will be especially inspiring for young people across our 2.4 billion-population, 56-nation Commonwealth.
AID TO CIVIL AUTHOURITY: NAF AIRLIFTS RELIEF MATERIALS TO FLOODED COMMUNITIES IN BAYELSA STATE
In line with constitutional mandate of providing aid to civil authority,NAF has commenced airlift of relief materials to affected communities in Bayelsa.
The relief materials, which were airlifted from Enugu State to Igbogenne community in Bayelsa State via Port Harcourt, are intended to be redistributed to other riverine communities adversely affected by the recent flooding in the State.
The relief materials were airlifted by the C-130 aircraft from Enugu to Port Harcourt and subsequently ferried to Igbogenne in Bayelsa State using the Mi-35M and EC-135 helicopters where they were then redistributed to affected communities and villages.
President @MBuhari Tuesday in Abuja said corruption in education sector continues to undermine investments, while critics downplay funding by focusing only on budgetary allocations, urging a more comprehensive re-evaluation of expenditure.
The President, who declared open the Fourth National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector at the State House, noted that measuring financing of education sector should include total education budget of each year by both Federal and State budgets...