Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said the surest and most sustainable way to lift millions of people out of poverty was boosting trade and investment. Buhari was quoted as saying, “The surest and most sustainable way to lift millions of people out of poverty across the Commonwealth is through boosting trade and investment. “We believe that the Commonwealth should lend its support to these types of activities as a sound model for making business easier amongst Commonwealth countries. These objectives will be accelerated by trade and investment facilitation,” the President added. Buhari seized the opportunity to call on the Commonwealth Business Forum and prospective investors in the Nigerian economy, to participate in the 2018 UK/Nigeria Trade and Investment Forum at the London Stock Exchange.

Source: Punch April 19, 2018 02:03 UTC