President Muhammadu Buhari has sad that even the opposition party recognises that security has improved in the north-east.<\/p>\n
Garba Shehu, spokesman of the president, quoted Buhari as saying this on Saturday at a bilateral meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi.<\/p>\n
The meeting held on the sideline of the ninth D-8 summit in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n
Although Buhari did not state the opposition party he was referring to, he said the Boko Haram insurgents have been moved \u201cout from their strongholds in the north-east.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have moved them out from their strongholds in the north-east, we have denied them space and even their attacks on soft targets are becoming less often.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven the opposition (party) recognises that there is a considerable improvement of security in the north-east.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president also said the Nigeria-Pakistan joint commission would be revamped as a veritable platform to strengthen economic and trade relations between both countries.<\/p>\n
Buhari expressed satisfaction at the level of defence and military cooperation between both countries and agreed with the prime minister that there was still room to do more.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigeria-Pakistan cooperation is very historical. Military training has been very consistent and I am impressed with the efficiency of officers trained in Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the performance of our countries in relation to trade and industrial cooperation had been very disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n
On his part, Abbasi said Pakistan would continue to share experiences with Nigeria in the fight against terrorism towards developing effective strategies and results.<\/p>\n
He also noted that both countries had similar prospects and challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari has sad that even the opposition party recognises that security has improved in the north-east. Garba Shehu, spokesman of the president, quoted Buhari as saying this on Saturday at a bilateral meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi. The meeting held on the sideline of the ninth D-8 summit in Istanbul, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":72980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15,2],"tags":[22,40207,20554],"yoast_head":"\n