We Need Peace For Development… President Buhari Speaks!

President Muhammadu Buhari stated yesterday that peace and development are mutually beneficial.

He made this statement while giving Dr. Sid Ould Tah, the director general of the Arab Bank for Economic Development, a meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The work of the Arab Bank for Economic Development is “very critical, and, in fact, a major catalyst and tool for achieving our overall objective as leaders on the continent,” according to the President, who on Tuesday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, received an award for strengthening peace in Africa from the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum.

Lauding the bank for its investment in Nigeria, Buhari pointed at the strides in the agricultural sector regarding food security systems, capacity building, and integrated infrastructure project.

He said the key focus of the current administration had been security, economy, and anti-corruption, noting that they were critical “towards achieving our overall development objective not just as a country, but more importantly as a continent.”

President Buhari observed that the issues affecting one nation also affect others, adding that this had been clearly demonstrated in the fight against the tyranny of terrorists that had spread across the entire West African, and beginning to emerge in sister countries in some parts of East and Central Africa.

headquarters, thanked the President for ensuring improvement of security in the North East.

“We now get grants for livestock farming, gum Arabic production, infrastructure, and I believe Nigeria will still have more opportunities from the Arab Bank for Economic Development,” he said.