President Buhari’s overseas journeys are usually not even sufficient – Minister of Overseas Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says

The Minister of Overseas Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says opposite to public opinion, President Buhari has not even made sufficient overseas journeys since coming into workplace in 2015.

Since assuming workplace in 2015, President Buhari has thus far launched into 55 overseas journeys. Many Nigerians have condemned the overseas journeys, arguing that they had been one too many.

Whereas talking at a Ministerial briefing in Abuja right now February 2, Onyeama stated the overseas journeys are usually not sufficient given the extent of consultations the president must make along with his counterparts in Nigeria?s curiosity.

?It’s not true that Buhari?s overseas journeys have been too many. I might disagree with that assertion. I might say it’s not even sufficient. You can not think about what he achieves with what he does along with his private interactions between him and his overseas counterparts. Buhari is Nigeria?s primary overseas minister and if I had my method, I might say he ought to even do extra journeys to extra nations as a result of like I stated earlier than Buhari is the very best president we now have had on this nation.

I’m not stunned as a result of there’s an adage that claims {that a} prophet is rarely revered in his personal nation. If you understand the love and the respect wherein Buhari is held by different world leaders, it’s breathtaking when you find yourself current and also you see that and fairly often they insist on him coming even when he says it’s not attainable for him to come back,? Onyeama stated.

He talked about that the overseas journeys have thus far attracted numerous overseas direct investments into Nigeria.

?A whole lot of engagement with different nations has introduced in numerous overseas investments into the nation with big financial worth. This has been attainable as a result of the president visits these leaders and speaks with them personally. We can not essentially quantify it. We solely do the framework to facilitate these investments whereas the ministry of finance is finest positioned to deal with the figures when it comes to financial worth to Nigeria? he stated