President Muhammadu Buhari receiving visiting Liberian President George Weah, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday, March 5, 2018.
Liberian President George Weah, on Monday, met with Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, where he requested from him, 6,000 teachers as part of an effort to build capacity in his country.
Speaking to President Buhari during a visit to the presidential villa, Abuja, he praised the effort of Nigeria in assisting his country particularly through the Technical Aid Corps (TAC).
He said the teachers were needed under the Bilateral Teacher Exchange.
He also sought for agriculture extension workers to help resuscitate the sector in his country.
According to him, “Your sustained technical assistance for capacity building in these sectors is most welcome. For example, Nigerian teachers and medical volunteers to Liberia, under the Technical Assistance Corps TAC) Agreement with Liberia, have been very crucial in boosting capacity development in Liberia, and it is my hope that this assistance can be considerably increased to address with urgency our most pressing socio-economic needs at this time.
“More specifically, under the Bilateral Teacher Exchange programme, we are seeking 6,000 plus teachers to make up for the shortage of good teachers in our educational system.