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IN SAUDI ARABIA: Buhari holds talks with U.S. over infrastructure financing

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Published: October 31, 2019
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the willingness of the Nigerian government to mobilise additional capital from development finance institutions for the upgrade of critical infrastructure in the country.

Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

He said the President met with U.S Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin in Riyadh on Wednesday and they had positive discussions on investments in Nigeria under the new United States International Development Finance Corporation (USIDFC), which provides 60 billion dollars for investments in developing nations.

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Speaking at the meeting held on the margins of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum, President Buhari said Nigeria would leverage on the U.S facility to address current challenges confronting her power sector as well as general upgrade of infrastructure.

The President thanked the U.S government for supporting Nigeria’s anti-terrorism efforts.

President Buhari and Mnuchin also discussed areas of strengthening Nigeria’s ongoing collaboration with the U. S. on stopping terrorist financing.

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