President Muhammadu Buhari sought yesterday the support of members of the diplomatic corps towards ending terrorism in Nigeria and the African continent as a whole.
He made the call when he broke Muslim fast with them at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It was the first time the president would meet the envoys after his inauguration on May 29.
Buhari noted that the annual breaking of fast during Ramadan with members of the diplomatic corps has become customary in the presidency.
According to him, Nigeria was prepared to play any leadership role in Africa and beyond towards bringing about development and improvement of lives of citizens.
His government, he said, was already taking necessary steps to end Boko Haram insurgency.
He said that such steps include the rejigging of the nation’s security architecture through replacement of service chiefs on Monday.
The President stressed that the support of countries within the African region and the Lake Chad area would help a great deal especially now that Boko Haram has joined forces with the Islamic State of Iraqi and Syria (ISIS) which has the capacity to extend their activities to other parts of the world.
Thanking their countries for the support for his elections, President Buhari said his government will work towards diversifying the economy and blocking of leakages in the course of fighting corruption.
Ambassador Oubi Bachir- Saharawi Republic (Western Sahara), who is the Dean of diplomatic corps, praised the President on his election and the people of Nigeria for a peaceful democratic transition.
He said the commitment to the unity of Nigeria was a display of high sense of citizenship and nationalism.
Ambassador Oubi, who also thanked the President for hosting them to the breaking of fast in the Month of Ramadan condemned the insurgency in the North East which he said has nothing to do with Islam.
He also said that members of the corps believe the efforts of the president would be a success and assured that they would all stand to support Nigeria end terrorism.
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