Presidency has defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent foreign trips. It says Buhari’s trips were for the betterment of Nigeria. It also dismisses insinuations that the foreign trips embarked on by the president were mere jamborees The presidency has reacted to the insinuation that President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent oversea trips were mere jamborees.
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The senior special assistant to Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu told reporters at the State House that the foreign trips were necessitated by the president desire to block and recover funds looted out of Nigeria, The Punch reports.
Already, the president had travel to France and Britain and only return from Kenya and Ethiopia last week.
Buhari’s spokesman said that it would be wrong to describe the president foreign tracel as jamboree.
He highlighted the gains of the president’s foreign trips to include the securing of agreement with various countries on recovery and repatriation of stolen funds.
Shhu pointed out that part of the arrangement was that some stop security officials would travel next week to United Arab Emirates to further actualize an agreement on recovery and repatriation of stolen funds.
He said: “You also see gradually the strategic efforts to go after the stolen funds abroad. The UAE is very important to the country.
“Don’t be surprised that in the coming week or two, you will see high level security officials leaving Nigeria for the UAE to begin to give expression to our wish to enjoy this new cooperation between the two countries with a view to recovering stolen assets.
“There are numerous agreements we have also signed with them; drugs, human trafficking and stolen assets that have been stolen abroad.
Source: Naij.com
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