President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the resourcefulness and resilience of Nigerians wherever they find themselves on earth.
He charged them to always strive to be good ambassadors of Nigeria by always abiding by the rules of their host countries.
Speaking during a meeting with United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Minister of State Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Shaikh Shakboot Alnahyan, on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum (PPF) in France, the President said Nigerians are “competitive both at home and abroad”.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari said “Nigerians are all over the place, very competitive. And the competitiveness starts from home, where they have acquired good education, gone into businesses, and then take all that abroad.”
The President encouraged Nigerians in Diaspora to “subject themselves to the rules and standards of the country in which they live either as working class, or doing businesses.”
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He welcomed the offer by UAE to partner with Nigeria in the areas of renewable energy, agriculture, infrastructure logistics, and provision of vaccines to further control the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alnahyan said his country “thinks very highly “of President Buhari’s leadership, noting that he was striving to “build a better future for generations to come.”
He said there were lots of Nigerians in his country, “who add much value,” assuring that the headwinds of the recent past in the relationship “are now behind us.
“We want to secure, deepen and strengthen the association for the future. We have a lot in common. We may be taking small steps, but they are leading somewhere.”
On proposed investments in Nigeria, Alnahyan said it would be a win-win situation, “which would bring hope and opportunities for people in both countries. We want to come and add quality and value.”
He equally commended the Nigerian government for its robust tackling of violent extremism.
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