“It’s my great pleasure to be part of the celebration of 25years of uninterrupted democracy; let me congratulate you and your government for that”, he noted.

“We are here to be part of the celebration and use that opportunity to strengthen the relationship between our two countries…; the relation goes back many years and I think it’s our responsibility as governments to sustain that special relationship”, he emphasized.

He called on the leaders of the subregion, particularly in Ghana and Nigeria to pay greater attention to job creation to meet the aspirations of the teeming youth while deepening trade and other mutual ties. 

“I believe at this time too we have the responsibility to address the challenges of our people regarding jobs - employment of our teeming youth. We must reposition the African continent. We have the resources, we have the people and I think we need to have good governance to be able to drive it and also the right kind of laws.

“I believe we need do that for us to be able to sit down and address particular issue of trade and ensure economic empowerment for our people.”
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