By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has assured the Somalian Ambassador to Nigeria that he was ready to approve land in Nigeria’s federal capital for their Chancery building.
Wike gave this assurance on Thursday when the Somalian Ambassador to Nigeria, Jamal Mohamed Barrow visited him in his office in Abuja.
He assured the Ambassador that he will “ immediately call for the file so you can have your land and start building your Chancery.”
Speaking, Wike said, “ Nigeria and Somalia has many things in common, unfortunately, a sad one like the civil war, when a country is facing war, it retards development.
“Security is very key for us, where we are now is not where we want to be, there is still room for improvement
“ We want out guests to be comfortable, don’t hesitate to come to us where you have observations.”
Speaking earlier, the Somalian Ambassador to Nigeria, Jamal Mohamed Barrow told Wike that he hoped that Nigeria and his country can interface as Nigeria can be an example, especially Abuja the capital city and Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
“We want to ask for assistance, there is a long history of relationship between Nigeria and Somalia. We want to see how Abuja is working and how you are doing it so we can in Mogadishu. We want to make Nigeria our second home.
“We’ve been in war, we’ve got our challenges, we operate a federal system, do we hope that Nigeria is the best model to copy. Since been have the same experiences, we can work together. “
He regretted that their application for land was on the verge of being approved. “Unfortunately election campaign and the minister became too busy, I want Nigeria to become our second home.”
