I’ll Allocate Land For Somali Chancery Building In Abuja -Wike

By: Wisdom Acka

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has assured the Somalian Ambassador to Nigeria of his readiness to approve land in Abuja for the construction of that country’s Chancery building.

Wike gave this assurance on Thursday, when the Somalian Ambassador to Nigeria, Jamal Mohamed Barrow visited him in his office in Abuja.

The Minister ssured the Ambassador thus: “I will immediately call for the file so you can have your land and start building your Chancery.”

“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,” he said.

“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 our guests to be comfortable, don’t hesitate to come to us where you have observations,” he reiterated.

Speaking earlier, Ambassador 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.

His words: “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 do it 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, we do hope that Nigeria is the best model to copy. Since we have the same experiences, we can work together”, he said.

Revealing that their application for land was yet to be approved, Barrow regretted: “Unfortunately election campaign and the Minister became too busy, I want Nigeria to become our second home.”