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August 02, 2007
FG Laments G-8 Failure To Fulfill Pledge To Africa
Federal Government on Wednesday expressed concern over lack of concrete plan by the group of industrialised countries otherwise known as G-8 to fulfill their pledge of monetary package for Africa to fight malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
August 2nd, 2007
By Festus Owete,ASSISTANT EDITOR, Abuja
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Tijani Yahaya Kaura, expressed the concern while receiving a German delegation to the country led by that country’s Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in Abuja.
Kaura, however, said the German Forum created by the German government has been a useful avenue for dialogue and fostering of the partnership, especially in the area of New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD).
Recalling that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua met with the German business community at the meeting of the G-8 summit in Heilingendamn last month during which he invited the businessmen to invest in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector as well as human resources training, Kaura assured the community of safety and protection of their investments in Nigeria.
He added that there would be a commitment to nurture, strengthen and expand the relations between the two countries.
Kaura told his visitor that the first priority of the current administration is the economy, stating that a seven-point agenda has been adopted by the Federal Government to ensure the rebuilding of physical infrastructure and human capital, the acceleration of economic and other reforms, creation of more jobs, overcoming the energy challenge, strengthening of the capacity of law enforcement agencies as well as resolution of the Niger Delta crisis.
Posted by Publisher at August 2, 2007 08:32 AM
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