President Muhammadu Buhari says the oil rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been quite kind to Nigeria.
The President’s spokesman Garba Shehu in a statement said the
president disclosed this when he hosted the Saudi Arabian Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal Al-Saud in Abuja.
President Buhari observed that with Nigeria’s large population and
infrastructure deficit, the country needed all the revenue she could get
from oil, a mainstay of the economy, and Saudi Arabia has been very
kind to us, making sacrifice by reducing production to accommodate us a
number of times.
According to the Nigerian leader, the relationship between the two
countries is very strong, and dates back in time, both at the personal and
national levels.
In his remarks, Prince Al-Saud said he brought greetings from King
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, saying Saudi Arabia appreciates the
relationship with Nigeria, which dates back 61 years, and we want to
strengthen it even further.
The two countries, he said, had good prospects both economically and
politically, not just among the leaders, but also the people.
