₦airaland Forum

President Muhammadu Buhari
Thursday in Abuja said his
administration was talking to
Niger Delta militants through
oil companies and law-
enforcement agencies to find
a lasting solution to
insecurity in the region.
Speaking at a farewell
audience with Michael Zinner,
the outgoing Ambassador of
Germany to Nigeria at the
State House, President
Buhari said the government
was studying the instruments
of the Amnesty Programme
inherited from the previous
administration with a view to
carrying out commitments
made that were undelivered.
“We understand their
feelings,” the president said.
“We are studying the
instruments. We have to
secure the environment,
otherwise investment will not
come. We will do our best for
the country,” he said.
The president used the
opportunity to thank the
government of Germany for
its continuing support to
Nigeria in the efforts to
tackle insecurity and the on-
going rehabilitation and
resettlement of displaced
citizens in crisis areas in the
North-Eastern parts of the
country.
President Buhari also
thanked Nigeria’s
neighbours for their firm and
unflinching support in the
war against terror.
The outgoing German
Ambassador noted that
bilateral relations between
Nigeria and Germany “had
improved very much in the
last 12 months of this
administration”.
He expressed the readiness
of Germany to assist Nigeria
in the rehabilitation process
in the North East to help
displaced persons return to
their villages. He also
expressed the eagerness of
German businesses to invest
in the country, now that
“conditions for investment
have been put in place”.
The German Ambassador
said there was a standing
invitation of Chancellor
Angela Merkel to President
Buhari to visit Germany.

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