Buhari’s trips abroad will soon pay off ----Odigie-Oyegun

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(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari’s various trips abroad will yield results soon, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, All Progressives Congress, APC, chairman has assured.
Odigie-Oyegun gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja while responding to questions posed by newsmen on the incessant trips embarked by the President since his assumption of duty.
The chairman said that the trips were necessary at this point in time to garner support and open up the country to more investors.
He said that though there was no specific date for the results of the trips to manifest, they would manifest in a matter of months not years.
He said that part of the reasons the President was visiting the Middle East was to canvass for improved prices for the nation’s crude oil.
Odigie-Oyegun described Buhari as an international salesman marketing Nigeria.
He said that the president was doing a `fantastic job’ building and re-building the crack in the foundation of Nigeria.

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