President Buhari renews call for debt cancellation at UN High-level meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari says global solidarity was the hope for humanity, and called on developed countries and international financial institutions to cancel the debts of ”needy countries” especially in Africa to enable them reverse the devastations of COVID-19 to the human race.

President Buhari renewed the appeal for debt cancellation for African countries on Thursday in a virtual meeting tagged ”High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”, convened by Canada, Jamaica and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The President equally urged major nations to provide free additional resources through an international consensus to assist poor countries fight the coronavirus pandemic.

He used the occasion to inform the international community on the devastating impact of the pandemic on the Nigerian economy, the health sector and efforts by his government to mitigate the crisis.