Kwara Gov, Foreign Minister meet on human trafficking, FDI

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday met with the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, to discuss how to repatriate Kwarans trapped in Lebanon and elsewhere, among other issues.

According to a statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, spokesman of the Governor, the meeting was a follow-up by the governor ”to ensure to prompt repatriation of indigenes of the state who were victims of human trafficking especially in Lebanon from which two of such persons were recently brought back home.

“The Governor also discussed how Kwara can collaborate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to benefit from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) particularly in the area of enterprise, agro-processing, human capital development, and others.”

AbdulRazaq also informed the minister of the resolution of his administration to kick-start the process of opening up an alternate West African route by linking Bode Saadu to Kaiama and Chikanda Road, which empties into the country’s border with the northern axis of Benin Republic.

“The Governor told the Foreign Minister that his administration will construct the Kosu-Bosu Bode Saadu Road which is critical for this international highway. He said the highway will effectively link Nigeria’s North Central to West Africa and will be an alternative to the West Africa highway which is a coastal road,” the statement said.

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