The Coronavirus Pandemic Calls For Global Solidarity – Buhari

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has come out to urge the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to offer concrete support to defeat terrorism and insurgency in Africa.

He recently revealed this at the third edition of the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the Boko Haram terrorist group, though fragmented by internal strife and degraded by Nigeria’s defence forces, is still active and preying on soft targets.

He added that the coronavirus pandemic is a global challenge which calls for global solidarity and solutions and the Africa-Turkey cooperation model has proved to be an example to the world.

His words, “Another area this Partnership must focus on, is the global challenge of climate change which is impacting us in Nigeria, Turkey, across Africa, and indeed across the world.”

‘‘It has become a catalyst for conflict through food insecurity, drying up of lakes; loss of livelihood and youth migration, among others.”

‘‘The trend is the same around the world where communities are overwhelmed by forest fires, rising sea levels, flood, drought and desertification.”

“The initiative aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land in the 11 countries of the Sahel-Sahara strip, capture 250 million tons of carbon and, create 10 million green jobs by 2030.”

On Coronavirus, “The pandemic is a global challenge which calls for global solidarity and solutions and the Africa-Turkey cooperation model has proved to be an example to the world.”

“Not only has there been mutual support to respond to the pandemic but also mutual support to build resilience and sustainable development in other sectors.”

“We also commend the African Union for the excellent role it has been playing in coordinating the implementation process of the Partnership.”