As part of its efforts to improve the unemployment challenge in the country, President Muhammadu Buharii said that his administration will take actions towards significantly improving the operating environment for domestic and international companies in Nigeria.
This was revealed in a statement made available by the Special Adviser to the president, Femi Adesina, while receiving the new Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu Kusaoke, on Thursday, July 2, in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
President Buhari stated the Federal Government, will welcome greater investment inflows from Japan and other developed nations in support of its plans to revitalize the Nigerian economy and create more jobs, under his leadership.
The President further assured Mr. Kusaoke that his administration will particularly welcome more trade and economic cooperation with Japan in the manufacturing, technology and agricultural sectors.
"I was very impressed with the role your Prime Minister played at our talks with G-7 leaders in Germany. He had a deep understanding of the challenge in the North-East of Nigeria and how it is affecting our economy.
"We look forward to a stronger partnership with your country in many areas, especially in technology, which is now the major driver of job creation across the world today,’’ Buhari said.
President Buhari received the letters of credence of the new Ukrain's new Ambassador Dr. Valerii Aleksandruk and the new High Commissioner of Pakistan, Lt.- Gen. Agha Muhammed Umer Farooq.
The new envoys assured the President that they will work hard to maintain and strengthen the existing cordial relations between Nigeria and the countries.
