Obama hails exchange rate flexibility at talks with Buhari

•GOOD TO SEE YOU: President Muhammadu Buhari with his United States counterpart Barack Obama at their meeting in New York...yesterday. PHOTO: STATE HOUSE


United States President Barack Obama yesterday praised President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing flexibility in exchange rates.
He spoke during a meeting of the two leaders on the sideline of the 71 United Nations’ General Assembly in New York.

They also discussed ways of countering the Boko Haram militant group.
Details of the meeting were yet to be made available last night.
President Buhari also said yesterday that the anti-corruption campaign of his administration and the economic programme of diversification will significantly address the lack of job opportunities and deprivation that make Nigerian youths vulnerable to recruitment by human traffickers.

He spoke at a meeting on Modern Slavery, hosted by British Prime Minister Theresa May on the margins of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA71).

He commended the British Prime Minister for drawing the attention of the international community to such a serious matter to coincide with a time that the global focus is on migration and refugee crisis.
He called for practical and innovative measures to address all modern day human tragedies.