Buhari Seeks Expansion of Nigeria’s Maritime Boundaries

She noted that the health screening programme was initiated immediately the present administration came on board with a collective vision to improve the lives of women and children in Nigeria.

However, the five-page document did not provide details of how the administration led by the 72-year-old former military ruler would fund the planned changes in Africa’s biggest economy, which has seen a slowdown in growth.

Lagos governor Akinwunmi Ambode and several lower-level officials stepped in to give speeches at the conference in the commercial capital Lagos organised with the European Union and focused on diversifying the economy away from oil.

He, therefore, urged them to live up to the expectation.

In his address, the president said: “The objective of this retreat is clearly reflected in the choice of topics which you will be dealing with during the sessions”.

About 3 million tonnes of rice was produced in Nigeria past year, along with 64,000 tonnes of wheat, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) figures show.

Little information was available on the resource persons for the retreat yesterday, but Vanguard gathered that it is being packaged as a management retreat to prepare the ministers-designate on how to translate the campaign promises of the president into deliverables.

“Our main task is to turn our manifesto promises to practice and results”.

Addressing the ongoing debate about portfolio allocation, Ngige said the debate was not necessary, saying with or without portfolio, a minister would still function in the cabinet. I would also expect you to be even more determined to work as a team, and to live up to the high standards of probity and integrity which Nigerians expect of us.

Speaking on official communication channel, President Buhari told the ministers-designate to use the Office of his Chief of Staff as official communication channel inline with the presidential system of government.