Our economy gradually bouncing back — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari described the last farming season as quite good, saying the Nigerian economy is "gradually reviving."

He said this at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja Thursday while receiving in a farewell audience, the outgoing Ambassador of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Bin Abdullah Sefyan.

President Buhari also described the relationship between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia as a mutually beneficial which, he said, should grow stronger in the years to come.

Observing that the relationship between both countries as strong, he noted that apart from visiting Mecca and Medina for religious reasons, a lot of Nigerians are in Saudi Arabian universities.

Buhari, who said Nigeria and Saudi Arabia would have more areas to collaborate in future, stressed: "I quite appreciate the relationship between the two countries."

Earlier, Sefyan, who spent 20 months on tour of duty, had said that he loved it in Nigeria and would have wanted to stay longer, were he not due for retirement.