🔊 Click to listen to this articlePresident Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told the British Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May, that the 2019 elections in Nigeria would be free and fair. On Tuesday, she announced £4bn of extra British support for African economies while in South Africa. in Abuja, Buhari assured the UK Prime Minister of his commitment to conducting free, fair and credible elections in 2019. The Prime Minister appealed to President Buhari to use his position as ECOWAS Chair to keep the issue of human trafficking on the front burner in the sub-region. President Buhari and Prime Minister May witnessed the signing of two agreements: Security and Defence Partnership and Economic Development Forum Agreement.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 29, 2018 15:39 UTC