VICE PRESIDENT OSINBAJO CALLS FOR IMPROVED COOPERATION AMONG AFRICAN STATES
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, called on West African countries to improve their levels of cooperation to better address problems of healthcare access and out-of-school children, among other human development indices.
Osinbajo said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he received the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Mr Nuno Nabiam, ahead of Thursday’s ECOWAS Integrated Regional Human Capital Development forum hosted by the National Economic Council.
According to a statement signed late Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President thanked Mr Nabiam for honouring the invitation to attend the conference, saying, “The Human Capital Development meeting is very important, it is an opportunity to share experience and help each other.”
The statement is titled ‘National economic council hosts international forum on human capital development tomorrow.’
Osinbajo noted that Nigeria’s “National Economic Council has done a lot of work on Human Capital Development, focusing on various challenges including questions around out of school and healthcare access” and would “significantly improve the human development indices in West Africa.”
He, however, acknowledged that the indices show that a lot more work still needed to be done.Prof. Osinbajo commended President Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau for his strong support for Nigeria, describing him as a very good friend of the country and the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
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