President Muhammadu said Thursday that the federal government was discussing with Niger Delta militants through oil companies and law-enforcement agencies to find a lasting solution to the persistent insecurity in the region.
Speaking at a farewell audience with the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria, Mr. Michael Zinner, at the State House in Abuja, the President said government is studying the instruments of the amnesty programme inherited from the previous administration with a view to carrying out commitments made that were undelivered.
“We understand their feelings. We are studying the instruments. We have to secure the environment, otherwise investment will not come. We will do our best for the country,” he said.
The President commended the government of Germany for its continuing support to Nigeria in its efforts to tackle insecurity and the ongoing rehabilitation and resettlement of displaced citizens in crisis areas in the North-Eastern part of the country.
The President also thanked the country’s neighbours for their unflinching support in the war against terror.
In his remarks, the outgoing German Ambassador said the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Germany “had improved very much in the last 12 months of this administration.”
He said Germany was ready to assist Nigeria in the rehabilitation process in the North East in order to help displaced persons return to their villages.
He also expressed the eagerness of German businesses to invest in the country, now that “conditions for investment have been put in place.”
The German Ambassador reiterated the standing invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel to the President to visit Germany.
