Vice President Kashim Shettima has renewed Nigeria’s resolve to remain open to interventions that work, saying mutual and beneficial partnerships remain the utmost in President Tinubu’s foreign policy directive.
He spoke Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while welcoming Rita Laranjinha, the managing director of European Union’s External Action Service, who briefed him on the forthcoming Ministerial Dialogue to be held on October 19.
Shettima said the Tinubu administration remained a breath of fresh air.
He said that despite its current share of challenges, “The country, like a phoenix, would rise from the ashes of despair and soar.
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“Support us and we will, in turn, support not just West Africa but the entire African continent as a result of our domino effect. We are really out to reposition this country. God has blessed us. We have not utilised half of our fertile land, much more our bountiful human resources. We are ready to partner with the EU in the execution of mutually beneficial projects and programmes to the benefit of Nigerians,” the VP noted in a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha.
Shettima, who expressed concerns about migration issues, called on the EU to join hands with the Tinubu administration in creating jobs in the digital world, more so that the EU agenda perfectly blends with the eight-point agenda of the Tinubu administration.
