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.
-Premium Times
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