Obama also promised Buhari
that America is going to support to help him sustain it. It was also reported
that Obama promised America's support in areas of agricultural development, recovery
of stolen funds and the fight against Boko Haram.
President Muhammadu Buhari
has been commended by the US president Barak Obama on the way he is handling
Nigeria's economy.
“We discussed broader
issues on development and the president is taking some very bold economic
reforms in allowing for a flexible exchange rate,” he said.
He said this on Tuesday,
September 20 when he met Nigerian leader on the sidelines of the ongoing 71st
UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Premium Times reports.
“We are focusing on
agriculture and we pledged to offer all the assistance that we can in that area
and as the president is trying to stamp out corruption and to recover external
funds that may have been illegally obtained and are sitting in bank accounts
around the world.
“As he continues to work to
see that the security forces inside Nigeria are abiding to professional and human
right standards, what we have pledged is that we will partner in any way that
we can be helpful.”
“America is willing to help
in any way it can to facilitate a reduction of conflict in the Niger Delta
region, a major oil-producing region, but one that has been mired by a number
of militant organisations that have appropriated or syphoned off the oil
revenues.
“The president, I think, is
wisely heading a delegation to bring varying stakeholders together and try to
make progress on that front. We want to be helpful in any way that we can,’’
Obama said.
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