Buhari
Members
of the Board of African Export and Important Bank, AFREXIM Bank led
by Dr Benedict Oramah who visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja
were told Thursday that this administration will continue to knock
on their doors for assistance so as to fix the long decayed
infrastructure in the country.
President
Buhari who received the board also called for stronger partnership
with lending banks to reduce the nation’s infrastructure deficit,
assuring of his administration’s full commitment to implement all
agreements.
The
President also said the Federal Government will keep making requests
from the bank for financial aid for the building of infrastructure
and development of the real sector.
Buhari
in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said, “We are grateful for the much
you are doing for us, but we will continue to knock on your doors for
more and more as we strive to overcome our infrastructure deficit.
“We
realise that we do need money to fix the appalling state of
infrastructure we met; to do roads, railways, power and
communications – a sector now mostly in private hands which is
doing very well.
“Don’t
be tired of us. We will be coming to you again and again.
Please accommodate us.”
President
Buhari said the nation already faces a challenge of fixing and
putting in place long delayed infrastructure and will need strong
partnerships for quick and better results.
He
said it was an honour for Nigeria to host AFREXIM’s Annual General
Meeting and its 25th Anniversary
in Abuja.
In
his remarks, the President and Chairman of AFREXIM Board of
Directors, Dr. Oramah expressed satisfaction with the support of the
Nigerian government in the operations of the bank, noting that the
bank’s confidence in Nigeria justifies the huge loans it had
granted to the country.
He
said the 20,000 participants attending the AGM had already expressed
their satisfaction with the quality of arrangements for the event,
which includes security.
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