Nigeria 'll overcome current challenges, says Catriona Laing
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, on Monday in Benin expressed optimism that Nigeria will overcome its current economic and security challenges. Laing gave the assurance while delivering a speech at a state dinner organised in her honour. According to her, she was very confident that Nigeria will get through this difficult period, the economy is going through a challenging period of insecurity.
She is a Nigeria optimist and she think Edo would lead the way in taking Nigeria through to where it should be. They have a governor that makes stuff happens and she was very impressive. She liked the way he put education together and Information and Communications Technology (ICT), she said honestly they have incredible talents in Edo.
In his remarks, Gov. Godwin Obaseki thanked the British High Commissioner to Nigeria for the enormous support the state has enjoyed in the last few years. He thanked her for quite a lot of support that you've given us in last few years, particularly in the area of forestry and technology. We've gotten grants to support our initiatives and those grants have gone a long way to helping us stabilize and bring resources, particularly the technical assistance.
He said as they commence on our 30-years developmental plan, we expect to step up relations with countries like yours, we are very keen to deepening our relationship, particularly in the area of technical education. They are very keen in working with you as a technology country in the world to help us strengthen our strategy to become Nigeria's Silicon Valley.
Obaseki thanked her for the support they received from her in fight against human trafficking and irregular migration. They made quite a bit of success before COVID-19 outbreak created another impetus for people to migrate. He said in new conversations about migration, they are insisting that why they do everything to stop human trafficking and irregular migration, they must now collaborate and open doors for regular migration.
