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11,000 Nigerians study, live in Canada - Canadian High Commissioner

The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Philip Baker, on Monday, January 15, told President Muhammadu Buhari that over 11,000 Nigerians study in Canada with many of them residing there.

Legit.ng gathered that Baker who was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to present his Letter of Credence to President Buhari said the majority of the students eventually returned home to help build the country.

President Buhari again sought the support of the international community to redirect water to the receding Lake Chad.

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Over 11,000 Nigerians study, live in Canada - Canadian High Commissioner

President Muhammadu Buhari receives Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Philip Baker, at the State House, Abuja. Photo credit: Facebook, Femi Adesina
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The statement added that Buhari warned that “the about 40 million population in the region will pose adverse migration and security challenges to the world” if the lake dried up completely.

The President pointed out that banditry, illegal migration and terrorism would worsen if the lake was not rescued.

He said: “An academic rightly predicted that except there was a redirection of water to Lake Chad, it would dry up.

“Now, whenever I go for any global meeting or visit a country, I will always draw the world’s attention to the adverse effect of climate change on the lake, and the resulting negative effects.”

He appealed to the Canadian government to support the current efforts to divert water from the Congo River to the lake.

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Legit.ng previously reported that The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the current partnerships between Nigeria and Britain would be enhanced if he is voted into office in in the forthcoming elections.

The former vice president, who said this in an article he wrote for the UK Sunday Express, noted that the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, has failed to strengthen the relationship between Nigeria and its former colonial master.

The article which was published on Sunday, January 13, and a copy was sent to the Premium Times, outlined Abubakar’s plans to invigorate the economic and cultural links between the two nations.

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