Muideen Olaniyi
4 November 2008
The economic condition in Nigeria and Chad is still depressing in spite of the efforts being made by the two countries, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Bagudu Hirse said yesterday in Abuja.
Hirse was speaking at the opening of the 4th session of Nigeria/Chad Joint Commission in Abuja.
The Minister who is also the leader of the country's delegation to the meeting said the vast majority of people from the two countries are still being ravaged by poverty, disease and squalor.
He said the success of the on-going efforts to eradicate poverty and provide rapid economic development can only be enhanced by the success of Nigeria/Chad Joint Commission on bilateral cooperation.
He said, "despite our best efforts, the economic condition of our peoples is far from satisfactory. Indeed, it is depressing. The vast majority of our people are still mired in poverty, disease and squalor."
He said the on-going fourth session of the Joint Commission would enable the two countries review the agreements signed and decisions reached at the third session which took place eight years ago in N'djamena, Chad.
Head of Chadian delegation and the country's Minister of External Relations, Moussa Faki Mahamat, also observed that some of the agreements reached during the last session are yet to be implemented.
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