President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Yokohama, Japan, sought the support of the Asian government in combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as well as illegal fishing in that region.

The President made the request during a bilateral meeting between the Nigerian delegation and Japanese officials led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the margins of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7).

The Nigerian leader, who commended Mr. Abe for the invitation extended to him to attend the triennial Forum, also thanked the Japanese government for attending the pioneer celebration of June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria.

In his remarks, Prime Minister Abe, according to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, welcomed President Buhari’s participation at TICAD7 and the country’s signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.

Commending the Buhari administration for taking Nigeria to the Next Level, Mr Abe pledged a $300,000 support for Nigeria’s Defence College as well as 12 million Yen for the country’s public health sector.

He also pledged his country’s support for Nigeria’s Presidency of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, while seeking Nigeria’s support for Japan’s bid to occupy some global positions.

Also on Thursday in Yokohama, Nigeria and the European Union signed a €50 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support humanitarian and development efforts in the country’s North East region.

The cooperation agreement which was signed by Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Mr. Neven Mimica, would bring the total EU support to the country to €562million for 2014-2020.

President Buhari, who thanked the EU member states for their support especially for the North East, described as “pathetic the situation in internally displaced camps.”

He also called for further assistance to improve youth education in the region to take them out of poverty.

Commissioner Mimica said Nigeria’s request for enhanced assistance would be given priority consideration since it had come at the time that the EU was in the process of preparing its seven-year budget


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Commending the Buhari administration for taking Nigeria to the Next Level, Mr Abe pledged a $300,000 support for Nigeria’s Defence College as well as 12 million Yen for the country’s public health sector.

The good old Japs. It woukd be cool if Nigeria could get illegal fishing under control. It woukd reduce the need for fish imports, reduce prices and spur employment. Funny enough its illegal chinese fishers that cause alot of problems .

Commending the Buhari administration for taking Nigeria to the Next Level, Mr Abe pledged a $300,000 support for Nigeria’s Defence College as well as 12 million Yen for the country’s public health sector.

Everything na turn by turn.

Today is the turn of Shinzo Abe for this phototalking.

How dare he say such things to deceive us into thinking that bubu is in Japan even though ohamadik says otherwise?

Lost jews are waiting for Shinzo Abe, outside the gate, dem no born him papa well.

Fighting piracy while herdsmen are killing your people

Buhari is happy with the herdsmen killing

Great another distraction

Hope you seek support too when sneaking out of Japan, you can't afford to make mistake cos men eyes dey red

Can this man do anything without support? You already know d answer

Blue3k:


The good old Japs. It woukd be cool if Nigeria could get illegal fishing under control. It woukd reduce the need for fish imports, reduce prices and spur employment. Funny enough its illegal chinese fishers that cause alot of problems .

What should be Buhari's priority, illegal fishing or security situation?

OK o

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Simplyleo:
Commending the Buhari administration for taking Nigeria to the Next Level, Mr Abe pledged a $300,000 support for Nigeria’s Defence College as well as 12 million Yen for the country’s public health sector.

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Stop making yourself look stupid

He should first come and fight the piracy by the Igbo people that is spoiling people business

Bubu cannot stop us from pirating
It is our right

I don't understand this man.
You are calling a foreign power to come and.help you in your territorial oil rich Waters?
Is that not madness?

France suggested foreign help for Brazil to stop Amazon fires, and Brazil got very furious at the suggestion.

What is wrong with our own leaders? What is difficult in dedicating two billion dollars in buying decent frigates dedicated to the gulf of Guinea.
Afterall that is where our oil pass through to the outside world.

And they call buhari a general. General my foot.

You are calling a man thousands of kilometer away in Asia to come and help you fight piracy at your door step. You just wonder the sort of poor quality of leaders Nigeria has had to put with. How can a man so empowered to lead the most populous black nation on earth be so clueless.

Earthquake1:


What should be Buhari's priority, illegal fishing or security situation?

Dont be basic these issues arent mutually exclusive. Take care of both. Illegal fishing and piracy are part of security problem.

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Peacemaker5129:
Bubu cannot stop us from pirating
It is our right

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this buhari needs a bullet to the head , how can you seek support to fight piracy or whatever for another country when your own country is decaying , geez

Ewedegubbler:


Likewise skull mining by Yoruba people that is decimating the population of the land

Sorry, you are angry

All these foreign government should stop giving Nigeria government physical cash if they really want to help us, cos they are going to steal the money so any foreign govt DT truly want to help Nigerians citizen should carry out the development projects themselves

Japan govt, we the citizens are not complaining.
Our problem is his kinsmen Fulani herdsmen.
How did we even vote in an analogue brain in a digital and 3D world?

What is going to be Nigeria contribution to the world development. If a country like Nigeria is beginning for support on every matter, L doubt if we can get it right again.

What happened to the navy nah. World's best military

TSRC:
I don't understand this man.
You are calling a foreign power to come and.help you in your territorial oil rich Waters?
Is that not madness?

France suggested foreign help for Brazil to stop Amazon fires, and Brazil got very furious at the suggestion.

What is wrong with our own leaders? What is difficult in dedicating two billion dollars in buying decent frigates dedicated to the gulf of Guinea.
Afterall that is where our oil pass through to the outside world.

And they call buhari a general. General my foot.

Your comment doesn't make any sense. Is Japan a hostile state trying harm national interest? Doesn't Nigeria get assistance in form of counter terrorism funds from uk. Help can be in way of equipment sales. I doubt he meant send navy to patrol waters for us.

Brazil and Nigeria are apples and oranges. Brazil amazon fire story is fake news. The less fires than in past and some of it controlled burning for agriculture.

Yes they could easily solve funding gaps by eliminating security votes.

Buhari don go bore people for abroad again. Wetin him go find for JAfan. Worlds Greatest Dullard. (Na trump talk that one o, no be me.)

this guy is turning to a beggar, him no go stay house na so so beg him dey beg from one country to another

ElianDavidFB:



He Should fight rhuman ritualism by Yoruba people, the high rate of skull minning and trading of human parts in Yoruba land is alarming,

Human rituals or human parts trading is not a normal thing in Yoruba land

This is not tribalism bro, it's what we see everyday, I don't deny Yoruba people have theirs too but the topic is just related to my comment, try not to take an offence from it