ABUJA – President Muhamma­du Buhari has said that Nigeria will be glad to receive sup­port from the Commonwealth in diverse areas of need, in­cluding tackling the country’s rising insecurity challenges.

The president spoke during a bilateral meeting on Thursday with Common­wealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, at the sidelines of the Global Education Summit holding in London, United Kingdom.

He said Nigeria was doing a lot to address food security through heavy investment in agriculture, and the security issues confronting the coun­try in different regions.

Baroness Scotland said the Commonwealth had developed programmes on agribusiness, adding value to agriculture products for young people to get involved, climate change, criminal jus­tice reforms, police reforms, and security, inviting Nige­ria to benefit from technical assistance that can be pro­vided.

She added that since Pres­ident Buhari was the cham­pion for anti-corruption in Africa, the Commonwealth has developed anti-corruption benchmark tools, and would like to work with Nigeria in both public and private sec­tors.

Other areas the Common­wealth could assist, according to Baroness Scotland, include countering violent extrem­ism, trade, and modalities to implement the African Conti­nental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

Meanwhile, President Buhari and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain on Thursday appraised the war against different forms of ter­rorism in Nigeria, and agreed that the judicial process be al­lowed to run its course.

Holding bilateral talks at the sidelines of the Global Ed­ucation Summit in London, the two leaders said it was important that the judicial process runs without inter­ference, no matter who was involved.

President Buhari briefed the Prime Minister on Nige­ria’s power needs and efforts being made, as well as initia­tives geared at achieving food security.

A statement by Femi Ade­sina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Pub­licity, also noted that both leaders reviewed the securi­ty situation in the different regions of the country, while PM Johnson pledged Britain’s preparedness to lend a help­ing hand.

“We are available to help,” he said.

The two leaders equally discussed how to increase trade between the two coun­tries, develop solar and wind power, leadership of the Com­monwealth going forward and other matters of mutual interest.